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Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding Speaker Boehner's statement that he learned at yesterday's hearing on Benghazi about a September 12, 2012, email in which senior State Department officials stated that they had told Libyan officials that the attacks in Benghazi were conducted by Ansar al-Sharia:
Below is Ranking Member Cummings's opening statement, as prepared for delivery, for today's Full Committee hearing on Benghazi.
Opening Statement
Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings
Hearing on "Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage"
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding today's Oversight Committee hearing titled "Benghazi: Exposing Failure and Recognizing Courage":
Washington, D.C. —Today, statements, testimony, and letters from multiple legal experts were produced at a joint hearing of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees supporting the actions of Tom Perez, head of the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice, and rejecting Republican allegations that Mr. Perez inappropriately coordinated a quid pro quo agreement with the City of St. Paul in which the Department declined to intervene in two False Claims Act cases in exchange for St. Paul withdrawing a separate case before the Supreme Court.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Reps. Elijah E Cummings, Mike Michaud, Adam Smith, Susan Davis, Mark Takano, and John Tierney, the Ranking Members of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, the Committee on Armed Services, the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, and the Subcommittee on National Security, introduced H.R.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding recent allegations relating to Benghazi:
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 press reports that Congressman Mel Watt (D-NC) has been nominated to be the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA):
Washington, DC —Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) concluding that implementing principal reduction programs for underwater mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac could save U.S.
Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement renewing his call on House Speaker John Boehner to retract a highly partisan Republican staff report issued earlier this week that falsely suggested former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton personally signed an April 2012 cable regarding security in Benghazi and lied about it under oath: