Press Releases

Washington, D.C. (Nov. 4, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings and Rep. John Conyers, Jr., the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary, sent a letter calling on the Inspector General of the U.S.

Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after FBI Director James Comey sent an unprecedented letter to Congress on Friday describing investigative steps the FBI is taking regarding emails that may be "pertinent"—but not necessarily "significant"—to the investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails:

Washington, D.C. (Oct, 31, 2016) – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a new press report alleging that FBI Director James Comey opposed naming Russia as meddling in the U.S. election because of concerns that it would impact voters so close to a presidential election:

Cummings Issues Statement on FBI Letter to Congress

Washington, D.C. (Oct. 28, 2016) – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after receiving a letter from the FBI explaining that it would review new emails related to its investigation of Secretary Clinton:

Cummings and Conyers Request Full Disclosure

from DOJ and FBI on Email Investigation

Cummings Issues Statement and Backgrounder on Republican Staff Report on Clean Water Rule

Washington, D.C. (Oct. 27, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statement and backgrounder in response to the release of a Republican staff report criticizing a new joint rule from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers implementing the Clean Water Act:

Sanders, Cummings Send Letter on ARIAD's Staggering Drug Price Increases

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 — Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) sent a letter to ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Thursday requesting information about why the company has increased the price of leukemia drug Iclusig four times in 2016 to $199,000 a year.

Cummings Releases Backgrounder on Latest Republican Allegations about Secretary Clinton's Emails

Republicans have once again omitted key information in their obsession with Secretary Clinton's emails in an attempt to impact the election.

This time, Republicans claim that an FBI official proposed a "quid pro quo" in which the FBI would downgrade its classification of one of Secretary Clinton's emails if State Department Under Secretary Patrick Kennedy supported allowing more FBI personnel into Iraq.