Press Releases
Chaffetz Demands Emergency Hearing With FBI Director Less Than 48 Hours After Recommendation in Clinton Case
Attacks Comey on National Television Despite Previously Calling Him "Man of Integrity and Honesty"
Cummings Issues Statement on House Floor Opposing GOP Bill Attacking the Rights of Federal Employees
Washington, DC (July 6, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 4361, the Government Reform and Improvement Act of 2016.
Cummings, Warren, Warner Launch Investigation Of Major Derivatives Clearing Organizations' Recovery and Resolution Plans
"Systemically Important" Firms' Plans Are Critical to Preventing Another Financial Crisis
Warren, Warner, Cummings Introduce Legislation to Improve Federal Oversight of Risky Derivatives Trading and Protect Taxpayers
Cummings Releases New Materials on Republican Resolution to Censure IRS Commissioner:
Constitutional Experts Say Resolution is Either Pointless or Unconstitutional
Republicans Concede Inaccuracies in Resolution to Censure IRS Commissioner, But Double-Down on Conspiracy Theories
Republicans Delay Vote to Find Enough Members to Support
Oversight Committee Rushes to Schedule Vote to Censure IRS Commissioner
Chaffetz Attempts to Leapfrog Over Judiciary Committee
Chaffetz, Cummings, Issa Applaud Passage of Bipartisan FOIA Reform Bill
House approves legislation ahead of 50th Anniversary of landmark Open Government Law
Washington, D.C. (June 2, 2016)—Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on the proposed rule issued today by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to protect small-dollar borrowers from unscrupulous payday and car title loan lenders:
Washington, D.C. (June 2, 2016)—Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Maxine Waters, and Bobby Scott, Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement on news that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, and other industry groups have filed a lawsuit to overturn the Department of Labor's conflict of interest rule: