Press Releases
Washington, DC – Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Bipartisan Budget Act, which passed in the House of Representatives today:
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the United States Senate confirmed Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) to be the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA):
Washington, D.C.—Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings and Darrell E. Issa, the Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, joined with Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, Ranking Member of the Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee, in introducing H.R.
Washington, DC — Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a statement in response to the Obama administration's new proposal to clarify the rules regarding the political activity that tax-exempt social welfare groups can engage in:
Washington, DC – Today, Senator Dick Durbin, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, along with Senator Mazie Hirono and Reps. John Conyers, Jr., Bobby Scott, Marcia Fudge, and Luis Gutiérrez, sent a letter to U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the absence of a long-promised public report, leading Democratic Members of Congress have called on federal regulators to disclose critically important information related to the Independent Foreclosure Review (IFR) process for 14 mortgage servicers and the $9.3 billion settlement that abruptly replaced it in January of this year.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, applauded Senate passage of H.R. 3204, the Drug Quality and Security Act, a bipartisan bill that would improve consumer drug safety. The bill included several provisions, with minor modifications, from legislation Cummings introduced, The Gray Market Drug Reform and Transparency Act of 2013 (H.R. 1958).
Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding the Committee's upcoming field hearings on the Affordable Care Actin North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, and Arizona:
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 this morning from the Postal Service reporting a net loss of $5 billion for FY 2013:
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, introduced H.R. 3446 the FAFSA Fairness Act of 2013, to simplify and reform the complicated process for students to apply for and receive federal student financial aid when they do not have contact with their parents.