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October 2016

October 31, 2016

Washington, D.C. (Oct, 31, 2016) – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a new press report alleging that FBI Director James Comey opposed naming Russia as meddling in the U.S. election because of concerns that it would impact voters so close to a presidential election:

Issues: Clinton Emails

October 31, 2016

Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after FBI Director James Comey sent an unprecedented letter to Congress on Friday describing investigative steps the FBI is taking regarding emails that may be "pertinent"—but not necessarily "significant"—to the investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails:


October 28, 2016

Cummings and Conyers Request Full Disclosure

from DOJ and FBI on Email Investigation


October 28, 2016

Cummings Issues Statement on FBI Letter to Congress

Washington, D.C. (Oct. 28, 2016) – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after receiving a letter from the FBI explaining that it would review new emails related to its investigation of Secretary Clinton:

Issues: Clinton Emails

October 27, 2016

Cummings Issues Statement and Backgrounder on Republican Staff Report on Clean Water Rule

Washington, D.C. (Oct. 27, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statement and backgrounder in response to the release of a Republican staff report criticizing a new joint rule from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers implementing the Clean Water Act:


October 25, 2016

Sanders, Cummings Send Letter on ARIAD's Staggering Drug Price Increases

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) sent a letter to ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Thursday requesting information about why the company has increased the price of leukemia drug Iclusig four times in 2016 to $199,000 a year.


October 17, 2016

Cummings Releases Backgrounder on Latest Republican Allegations about Secretary Clinton's Emails

Republicans have once again omitted key information in their obsession with Secretary Clinton's emails in an attempt to impact the election.

This time, Republicans claim that an FBI official proposed a "quid pro quo" in which the FBI would downgrade its classification of one of Secretary Clinton's emails if State Department Under Secretary Patrick Kennedy supported allowing more FBI personnel into Iraq.

Issues: Clinton Emails

October 14, 2016

Top House Dems Call for FBI Action on Trump Campaign's Advance Knowledge of Ongoing Russian Cyber Hacking to Affect Election

Washington, D.C. (Oct. 14, 2016)—Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, John Conyers, Jr., Elliot L. Engel, and Bennie G.

Issues: Russia

October 5, 2016
WASHINGTON – Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03) and Congressman Elijah Cummings (MD-07), Ranking Members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and Committee on Oversight and Government Reform respectively, sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) expressing concerns about the skyrocketing costs of compounded drugs in the Federal Employees' Compensation Act program and commenting on the proposed authorization form that the U.S. Department of Labor plans to require doctors to sign to verify the medical necessity of the prescribed drug.

October 3, 2016

Chaffetz, Cummings Request Further Details on EpiPen Profits

Letter requests detailed financial information on sales, profits, costs, etc.