Press Releases
Washington, DC – Today, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee unanimously agreed to the inclusion of an amendment by Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings to use revenue generated from tax levies on Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) accounts to pay down the nation's deficit.
"Let me be clear: this revenue should be used to reduce the federal deficit," Cummings said. "It should not be used to pay for a transportation bill or any other government program."
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that the Committee consider the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012 at its upcoming business meeting on April 18, 2012.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Elijah E.
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement in response to a speech today by Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Edward DeMarco at the Brookings Institution on the housing market:
Washington, DC – Representative Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement today in response to a report issued by the General Services Administration's (GSA) Inspector General that found excessive spending and procurement violations in connection with a training conference held by the agency in 2010. GSA Administrator Martha Johnson and several top officials resigned today.
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced a forum in Fairfax, Virginia to hear from large and small information technology companies and government officials about the top priorities of the technology industry.
Washington DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that the Committee conduct transcribed interviews of two former members of the National Labor Relations Board, Peter Schaumber and Peter Kirsanow, who obtained insider information from a current Board member, Terrance Flynn.
Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Committee Member John F. Tierney called on Edward DeMarco, the Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA), to comply with previous requests for information about his refusal to allow Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to utilize principal reductions to address the nation's housing crisis, even though his own data show they could save U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars.
Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Senator John D.
Washington, DC – Rep. Elijah Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the House GOP budget plan released today:
"The House Republican budget plan is misguided, utterly unfair, and should be rejected outright.