September 2014
WASHINGTON – Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee adopted bipartisan inspector general reform legislation introduced by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) and Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC). The Committee approved H.R. 5492, Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2014 as amended and reported the bill favorably to the House by a voice vote.
Washington, DC – Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that the Committee invite Ann Barron-DiCamillo, the Director of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) within the Department of Homeland Security, to testify at Thursday's Full Committee hearing entitled "Examining ObamaCare's Failures in Security, Accountability and Transparency."
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.