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Cummings Speaks at Bipartisan Summit on Criminal Justice Reform
Baltimore, MD (Mar. 25 2015) – TOMORROW Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07) will speak at a Bipartisan Summit on Criminal Justice Reform sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, American Civil Liberties Union, Koch Industries, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Coalition for Public Safety and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, John Conyers Jr., and Bennie G. Thompson, Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, and Homeland Security, issued a joint statement reiterating their request for a series of in-depth hearings into the issues raised by the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and others, as well as the role Congress can play in implementing broader criminal justice reform.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding a protest by Congressional staff in the aftermath of the recent grand jury decisions in Ferguson, MO and Staten Island, NY:
Washington, D.C.—Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, John Conyers Jr., and Bennie G. Thompson, Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, the Judiciary, and Homeland Security respectively, requested a series of in-depth hearings to examine issues raised by the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and others, as well as incidents that followed these killings.
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Dick Durbin, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, along with Senator Mazie Hirono and Reps. John Conyers, Jr., Bobby Scott, Marcia Fudge, and Luis Gutiérrez, sent a letter to U.S.