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As demand mounts for Congress to take action to help create jobs, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings calls on Chairman Issa to address the backlog of initiatives he proposed that would help move the economy forward.
In more than 200 days of session, the Oversight Committee has not considered or debated a comprehensive proposal that would have widespread impact on the economy.
(July 26, 2011) Washington, DC – Today, all Democratic Members of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting a full Committee debate and vote before issuing any subpoena to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for documents related to its ongoing litigation against the Boeing Corporation for allegedly retaliating against workers in Washington State.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Citing constitutional and ethical concerns, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the senior Democrat of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat of the Education and the Workforce Committee, called on Chairman Darrell Issa today to delay his demand that National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) Acting General Counsel testify Friday on the agency's ongoing case against Boeing. The case is currently being argued before an administrative law judge.
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Washington, DC - The continued attack on American workers and public employee pensions in statehouses and now on Capitol Hill suffered a huge blow at today's Committee hearing on state and municipal debt.
Committee Democrats presented a barrage of evidence that refuted the Republican claims that middle-class American workers are to blame for fiscal woes, and forced the majority's witness, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, to admit under oath that his campaign to dismantle workers' rights did nothing to improve the state's budget situation.