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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Citing constitutional and ethical concerns, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the senior Democrat of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. George Miller (D-CA), the senior Democrat of the Education and the Workforce Committee, called on Chairman Darrell Issa today to delay his demand that National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) Acting General Counsel testify Friday on the agency's ongoing case against Boeing. The case is currently being argued before an administrative law judge.
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Read the Opening Statement of Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings
Washington, DC - Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings and Democratic Members requested a "minority day of hearings" to hear testimony relating to the flow of illegal guns to Mexico in connection to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' (ATF) "Operation Fast and Furious" program.
"The allegations that have been made are very troubling," Cummings said at today's hearing. "No legitimate examination of this issue will be complete without analyzing our nation's gun laws."
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Washington, DC – Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings sent a letter to Chairman Darrell E. Issa raising questions about how he intends to proceed with the Committee's investigation into allegations of abuse in gun trafficking investigations conducted by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, applauded President Obama for signing an Executive Order to launch the Campaign to Cut Waste, which will protect taxpayers from waste, fraud, and abuse by capitalizing on the success of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.
Cummings Warms to the Task of Being Issa's Foil on Oversight Panel
Originally published at the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2011/06/02/02greenwire-cummings-warms-to-the-task-of-being-issas-foil-44231.html?pagewanted=print
By JOHN MCARDLE of Greenwire
As the House Republican majority pursues multiple ways to reduce the burden of government regulation on private businesses, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) has been offering a cautionary tale from his teenage years in Baltimore.
Washington, D.C. – Today Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings, joined by all seven Subcommittee Ranking Members, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa objecting to his new policy on minority witnesses.
This unprecedented new policy, instituted on March 25, designates all Administration officials invited to testify by Chairman Issa to testify before the Committee as "minority witnesses." The new policy also requires the minority to submit their witness requests before Chairman Issa reveals the identities of witnesses he has invited to hearings.