Press Releases

WASHINGTON – Today, Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03), Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters (CA-43), and Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings (MD-07) sent a letter to Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos expressing deep concern over the Education Department's failure to protect students and families from student loan companies.

Washington, D.C. (August 13, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, launched an investigation into the recall of inclined sleep products reportedly tied to the deaths of dozens of infants.

Washington, D.C. (August 9, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Acting Deputy Director Regina Lombardo seeking documents about gun dealers that sell large numbers of guns that are used in crimes, including homicides, dating back to January 1, 2014.

Washington, D.C. (Aug. 9, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, the Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep.

Washington, D.C. (August 6, 2019)—On Wednesday, August 7, 2019, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, will speak and answer questions at the National Press Club's Headliners Luncheon. Chairman Cummings will discuss the Committee's investigations to root out waste, fraud and abuse, and address issues that matter most to the American people.

The luncheon will be broadcast here.

WHO: Chairman Elijah E. Cummings

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Health leaders sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar today seeking documents and raising a series of questions regarding the Trump Administration's refusal of care rule, which drastically expands the types of health care providers that can refuse to provide care to patients based on any personal belief as well as the type of care they can deny.

Washington, D.C. (July 31, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to U.S.

Washington, D.C. – The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for the Department of the Interior (DOI) has confirmed that its investigation of former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's email use – an investigation requested by Committee on Natural Resources Chair Raúl M.