Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to an announcement by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that it is revising the scoring methodology for its "five-star" rating system for nursing homes:

WASHINGTON – Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., asked U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson to conduct a comprehensive external review of the Secret Service beyond the September 19 White House intrusion incident. The Committee's September 30 hearing raised bipartisan concerns regarding a series of dangerous security breaches that highlighted significant flaws within the Secret Service's culture.

Chairman Issa and Ranking Member Cummings wrote:

Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Bernard Sanders, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, sent letters to 14 drug manufacturers requesting information about the escalating prices they have been charging for generic drugs.

Washington, DC —Appearing on CNN's Wolf Blitzer today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, stated that Secret Service Director Julia Pierson should step down if she cannot restore public trust in the agency—and in particular address cultural issues to ensure that agents feel comfortable raising security concerns to higher-ups.

"I want her to go if she cannot restore trust in the agency, and if she cannot get the culture back in order," said Cummings. "I told her that she's got a tall order there."

Washington, DC —Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to Secret Service Director Julia Pierson's decision to resign today:

WASHINGTON – Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee adopted bipartisan inspector general reform legislation introduced by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) and Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC). The Committee approved H.R. 5492, Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2014 as amended and reported the bill favorably to the House by a voice vote.

Washington, DC (Sept. 17, 2014)—Today, Reps. Darrell E. Issa and Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform respectively, issued the following statement after the National Football League (NFL) and the National Football League Players Association announced an agreement to amend the NFL's performance-enhancing drug (PED) policy to include testing of NFL players for human growth hormone (HGH) beginning during the 2014 NFL season:

Washington, DC – Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that the Committee invite Ann Barron-DiCamillo, the Director of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) within the Department of Homeland Security, to testify at Thursday's Full Committee hearing entitled "Examining ObamaCare's Failures in Security, Accountability and Transparency."