Press Releases
Cummings Issues Statement on Retirement of OPM CIO Donna Seymour
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 22, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the announcement that Donna Seymour, the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), will retire:
Cummings Applauds Federal Emergency Efforts to Address Flint Water Crisis
Washington, DC (Feb. 18, 2016) – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced plans to provide grants to two health centers in Flint, Michigan for additional lead testing and other services:
Cummings Issues Statement on
Hearing with Governor Snyder
on Flint Water Crisis
Washington, DC (Feb, 12, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Chairman announced a hearing with Michigan Governor Rick Snyder to examine the Flint water crisis:
Washington, DC - Today, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) highlighting the stark difference between the financial industry's optimistic statements to investors about the impact of the proposed Conflict of Interest Rule, and the same firms' claims of dire consequences in public statements by their Washington lobbyists and senior executives.
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 11, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX) introduced H.R. 4533, the Net Price Calculator Improvement Act of 2016, which would improve existing calculators used by students and their families to estimate the costs of attending college.
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 11, 2016)—Today, the Detroit Free Press ran an op-ed by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, titled “What does accountability mean to Snyder?”
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U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings: What does accountability mean to Snyder?
Elijah Cummings, Free Press guest writer
Cummings Issues Statement on Revelation that Classified Information Found on Personal Email Accounts of Colin Powell and Immediate Staff of Condoleezza Rice
Cummings Sends Letter Requesting Documents from State Department
All Oversight Committee Democrats Invoke House Rules to Demand Testimony from Governor Snyder and Aides on Flint Water Crisis
Democrats Also Request Key Documents from Snyder and Other State Officials
Cummings Releases Memos Detailing Internal Corporate Documents on Skyrocketing Drug Prices
Email from Martin Shkreli: "$1 bn here we come"
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 2, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent two supplemental memos to Democratic Committee Members in preparation for a hearing he requested on skyrocketing prescription drug prices this Thursday.
Cummings Praises President Obama's Proposal to Address Prescription Opioid and Heroin Abuse
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 2, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, praised President Obama's proposal of over $1 billion in new funding to address prescription opioid and heroin abuse.