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Issa Joins Cummings to Hold Banks Accountable for Foreclosure Abuses Against Active-Duty Military
Washington, DC – Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings issued a forty-page investigative report today regarding the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC).
Chairman Issa launched an investigation into the activities of the FCIC a year ago, alleging improprieties by the Democratic Commissioners and staff, including "conflicts of interest," and "extensive ties" to "partisan Democratic politics."
Washington, DC – Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings issued the following statement in response to Department of Justice's announcement of the new reporting measure for multiple sales of semi-automatic rifles in select states along the border.
(Washington, D.C.)—On Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will convene a forum to examine illegal foreclosures against U.S. service members and their families.
Read the Opening Statement of Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
Read the Report: "OUTGUNNED: Law Enforcement Agents Warn Congress They Lack Adequate Tools to Counter Illegal Firearms Trafficking".
Washington, DC – On Thursday, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will convene a forum on the flow of illegal guns on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border.
Washington, DC – On Thursday, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will convene a forum on the flow of illegal guns on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed "The Government Accountability Office Improvement Act," one of five reform bills included in H.R. 1144, which was introduced by Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings and all Committee Democrats in March.
The bill, which will strengthen the authority of GAO to access agency records, was added as an amendment to Chairman Issa's "Digital Accountability and Transparency Act," which passed the Committee without objection.