September 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 a subpoena to compel USIS CEO Sterling Phillips to appear before the Committee for a deposition based on troubling new revelations over the past several months.
Washington, DC —Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the National Football League Players Association voted to approve the NFL drug policy proposal, which includes testing for human growth hormone (HGH) for the 2014 NFL season:
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 hold a bipartisan hearing to examine a recent data security breach that may have compromised the personally identifiable information of American consumers who shopped at Home Depot throughout the year.
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 hold a bipartisan hearing to investigate the causes and effects of a data security breach at Community Health Systems Inc., the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain.
On Wednesday, July 25, 2012, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a report titled "Shining Light on the Gray Market," which exposed a network of private "gray market" companies that take advantage of the national drug shortage crisis to charge exorbitant prices for drugs used to treat cancer and other life-threatening conditions.
On March 21, 2012, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Senator John D.
On October 5, 2011 Ranking Member Elijah Cummings announced an investigation into "drug speculation" by "gray market" drug companies that trade in drugs that are in critically short supply, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The drugs in question treat life threatening illnesses such as leukemia in children, breast cancer, and seizures.
More than 3 million homes across the country will be foreclosed on this year, continuing a nationwide housing crisis that threatens our nation's economic recovery.
Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings has been at the forefront of congressional efforts to investigate abuses by mortgage servicing companies and to work with housing regulators to implement reforms that will help Americans stay in their homes.
Cummings Efforts To Address Foreclosure Crisis in 2011