June 2014
Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that the Committee conduct a transcribed interview of Sterling Phillips, the CEO of U.S. Investigations Services, Inc.
Washington D.C. (June 30, 2014)—Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, along with Sandra Fluke, who was denied the opportunity to testify at a 2012 Committee hearing on the Affordable Care Act's required inclusion of contraception coverage in health plans, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby:
Oversight Committee Democrats' Proactive Agenda
Oversight That Moves Our Nation Forward
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has one of the broadest jurisdictions of any committee in Congress, with expansive authority to oversee a wide range of governmental and private sector activities. The Oversight Committee also has tremendous potential to use its sweeping powers to improve the lives of Americans in real and meaningful ways.
Washington, D.C. (June 24, 2014)—At today's hearing before the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Democrats strongly condemned Committee Chairman Darrell Issa's rushed decision last night to issue a unilateral subpoena to compel the testimony of Jennifer O'Connor, a former IRS employee who started work at the White House less than a month ago.