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In an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation" today, Ranking Member Elijah Cummings called on House Republicans to join him in passing a supplemental appropriations bill to replenish the State Department's embassy security accounts, which House Republicans voted to slash by nearly half a billion dollars over the last two fiscal years.
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement following reports of a shooting today at a Arizona patrol base where one U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed and a second was injured:
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement after receiving a briefing from the Department of Justice's Inspector General on its comprehensive report of gunwalking in Operations Wide Receiver and Fast and Furious:
Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. John F. Tierney, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations, sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget requesting support for, and input on, H.R.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement after Mexican federal police arrested a man accused of killing U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Chairman Darrell Issa announced plans to file a federal lawsuit today against Attorney General Eric Holder for documents related to the subpoena on Operation Fast & Furious.
Washington, DC —Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to an announcement by the Department of Justice that an indictment charging five individuals involved in the death of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was unsealed today in Tucson: