Skip to main content

December 2013

December 13, 2013

Washington, DC—Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Gerry Connolly, and John Tierney, top Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Committee Chairman Darrell Issa seeking a special Committee meeting pursuant to House Rules to establish procedures for handling sensitive documents produced to the Committee in response to subpoenas.

Issues: Health Care

December 13, 2013

Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter to Committee Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that he abandon the unnecessary and confrontational subpoena he issued to government contractor MITRE Corporation demanding sensitive security documents relating to the Healthcare.gov website.

Issues: Health Care

December 12, 2013

Washington, DC – Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Bipartisan Budget Act, which passed in the House of Representatives today:

Issues: Federal Budget

December 11, 2013

Washington, D.C.—Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings and Darrell E. Issa, the Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, joined with Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, Ranking Member of the Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee, in introducing H.R.

Issues:

December 11, 2013

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the United States Senate confirmed Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) to be the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA):