Press Releases
Oversight Committee Rushes to Schedule Vote to Censure IRS Commissioner
Chaffetz Attempts to Leapfrog Over Judiciary Committee
Chaffetz, Cummings, Issa Applaud Passage of Bipartisan FOIA Reform Bill
House approves legislation ahead of 50th Anniversary of landmark Open Government Law
Washington, D.C. (June 2, 2016)—Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on the proposed rule issued today by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to protect small-dollar borrowers from unscrupulous payday and car title loan lenders:
Washington, D.C. (June 2, 2016)—Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Maxine Waters, and Bobby Scott, Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Financial Services, and Education and the Workforce, issued the following statement on news that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, and other industry groups have filed a lawsuit to overturn the Department of Labor's conflict of interest rule:
Washington, D.C. (June 1, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Robert A. Brady, Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration, and Assistant Democratic Leader James E.
Evidence Obtained By Committee Debunks Claim That CyTech Was First to Discover OPM Data Breach
Washington, D.C. (May 26, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.
Cummings Issues Statement on House Floor Opposing Republican Bill To Repeal the D.C. Budget Autonomy Act
Washington, D.C. (May 25, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 5233, the Clarifying Congressional Intent in Providing for DC Home Rule Act of 2016.
New Report Finds Oracle Corp. "Primarily and Directly Responsible" for Failed Oregon Health Website
Corporate Officials Conceded
Internally That Work Was Deficient
State IG Confirms Longstanding and Widespread Personal Email Use by Secretaries of State and their Staff
Report Finds Clinton Returned Emails, Powell Did Not
Washington, D.C. (May 25, 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 report issued by the Inspector General of the State Department on the email practices of several previous Secretaries of State:
Cummings Objects to Baseless Republican Attacks on IRS Commissioner
After Two Dozen Hearings and More Than
$20 Million, GOP Turns Up Nothing
Washington, D.C. (May 24, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, strongly objected to the continued unsubstantiated attacks against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen by Republican Oversight Committee Members and Members of the Freedom Caucus.