Press Releases
Cummings Issues Statement After Hearing and Classified Briefing on OPM Data Breach
Washington, DC (June 16, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after participating in an open hearing, followed by a classified briefing for all House Members, on the recent cyber attack against the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that affected more than 4 million federal workers:
Cummings Applauds Decision by Dept. of Ed. to Help Students at Corinthian Colleges
WASHINGTON, DC (June 8, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statement in response to the decision by the Department of Education to grant debt relief to students who attended Corinthian Colleges:
Cummings Praises IG Proposal for Post Offices to Expand Financial Services
Washington, D.C. (May 21, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.
Taxpayers Would Save $1 Billion in 10 Years
WASHINGTON, May 18, – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) today introduced legislation to curb skyrocketing prices of generic drugs.
Sharp price hikes not only impact consumers, hospitals, and pharmacists, but strain the budgets for Medicaid, Medicare, the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Chaffetz, Cummings Statement on New DHS IG Report of March 4, 2015 White House Incident
WASHINGTON – Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) released the following statement in reaction to the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General report on the investigation into the March 4, 2015 incident at the White House Complex.
Baltimore, Maryland (May 11, 2015)—Today, following the recent unrest in Baltimore and the death of Freddie Gray, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Elizabeth Warren convened the fifth in a series of congressional forums as part of their Middle Class Prosperity Project to examine the lack of economic access and opportunity in many communities, including Baltimore.
Cummings Condemns Republican Vote to Undermine Reproductive Rights in D.C.
Washington, D.C. (Apr. 30, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, strongly opposed the decision by House GOP leadership to vote to overturn an anti-discrimination bill that prohibits District of Columbia employers from discriminating against workers based on their private reproductive health decisions.
Cummings Responds to Announcement that CFPB and Maryland AG Filed Consent Orders after Mortgage Kickback Scheme