Press Releases
Cummings Condemns Republican Impeachment Resolution Against IRS Commissioner
Washington, D.C. (Oct. 27, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the filing of a Republican impeachment resolution against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen:
Justice Department Finds No Political Targeting at IRS
Washington, D.C. (Oct. 23, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep.
Cummings Opposes Legislation to Reauthorize D.C. School Voucher Program
Washington, D.C. (Oct. 21, 2015)—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. 10, the Scholarships and Results Act.
Founder of Group That Secretly Filmed Planned Parenthood Takes the Fifth
David Daleiden Refuses to Answer Questions About His Potentially Illegal Activities
Cummings Issues Statement on Republican Decision to Withhold Planned Parenthood Videos from Democrats
Washington, D.C. (Oct. 14, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the decision by Republican Committee staff to withhold from Democratic Committee Members their own copies of videos produced by David Daleiden, the founder of the Center for Medical Progress:
Oversight Committee Passes Cummings Bill to Protect Interns Against Sexual Harassment and Discrimination
Washington, DC (October 9, 2015) – Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform unanimously passed H.R. 3231, the Federal Intern Protection Act, which was introduced by Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings to make it illegal to discriminate against or sexually harass unpaid interns in the federal government. The legislation is also cosponsored by Reps. Bobby Scott, Grace Meng, and Eleanor Holmes Norton.
Sanders and Cummings Denounce Continued Prescription Drug Price Gouging
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after failing to receive a response from Turing Pharmaceuticals explaining why the company dramatically hiked prices overnight on a lifesaving drug:
Cummings Lauds Unanimous Senate Committee Passage of Bipartisan "Ban the Box" Bill
Washington, DC (Oct. 7, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.
Cummings Issues Statement on House Floor Opposing Republican Select Panel on Planned Parenthood
Washington, D.C. (October 7, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.
Oversight Democrats Insist on Documents— and Answers—From Group That Unsuccessfully Sought to Entrap Planned Parenthood