Press Releases
Elijah E. Cummings: Enough Is Enough
Originally published on the Huffington Post, August 22, 2011
Every day, as I travel through my district in Baltimore on my way to my office, to the grocery store, or to church, people ask me one question: Cummings, can you help find me a job?
Washington Post Editorial Board Opinion: Overreach on oversight
Published: August 21
THE HOUSE Oversight and Government Reform Committee has long been a muscular overseer — regardless of which party was at the helm. That remains true today under the current chairman, Rep. Darrell E. Issa.
USA TODAY OPINION
Our view: Gun lobby aids Mexican gangs
Martin Johnson had a nice little business going in 2008 and 2009. He'd leave home in California and buy dozens of guns in Arizona, where the gun laws are much looser, using an Arizona driver's license to pretend that he still lived there. Back in California, Johnson sold the guns to his neighbor, a convicted felon who couldn't legally buy guns at all. The neighbor sold some of the guns to his buddies, none of whom was a legal buyer, either.
August 8, 2011
Washington, DC – Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings issued the following statement in response to Chairman Darrell Issa's subpoena to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for documents regarding its complaint against the Boeing Corporation.
A report released today by the Congressional Budget Office finds that the Department of Energy may be undercharging energy companies for federal loan guarantees to build new nuclear reactors.
How to build a stronger ATF
Editorial, Published: July 30
JOSE WALL was distressed. A senior special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Mr.
Thirty-four law professors wrote to Chairman Issa today urging him not to issue a subpoena to compel the disclosure of all documents relating to the NLRB's Office of General Counsel's investigation of Boeing's alleged discrimination against workers' rights.
Read the Opening Statement of Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings