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PolitiFact Awards Chaffetz a Rating of "Pants on Fire" for Using Misleading Chart at Planned Parenthood Hearing
MUST READ: Ranking Member Elijah Cummings Pens Op-Ed on House GOP's War on Women
Washington D.C. (Oct. 1, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Select Committee on Benghazi, penned the following op-ed in Politico.
The House GOP's War on Women
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings
Cummings Issues Statement on Stark Admission by Republican Oversight Chairman That He Has No Evidence Planned Parenthood Violated Any Law
Second Time in Two Days Senior Republicans Admit Truth About Baseless Investigations
MEMORANDUM
FROM: Oversight Committee Democratic Press Office
TO: Members of the Media
RE: Democrats Object to House GOP's Planned Parenthood Investigation
Washington D.C. (Sept. 30, 2015)—During an appearance tonight on CNN's Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer, Rep. Jason Chaffetz, the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform who is currently leading the investigation of Planned Parenthood, admitted that he has identified no evidence that Planned Parenthood has violated any laws:
Blitzer: "Is there any evidence in your opinion that Planned Parenthood has broken any law?"
Chaffetz: "No, I'm not suggesting that they broke the law."
Cummings Responds to DHS IG Report on Secret Service
Washington, DC (Sept. 30, 2015) – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a DHS Inspector General report, which found that Secret Service employees obtained and leaked information about Chairman Chaffetz:
Dems Seek Subpoena for Documents Withheld by Valeant Pharmaceuticals on Massive Drug Price Increases
Valeant Using Same Business Model as Former Hedge Fund Manager Who Increased Price of Life-Saving Drug From $13.50 to $750 "Overnight"
Ranking Member Cummings Issues Statement on Speaker Boehner's Resignation Announcement
Washington D.C. (Sept. 25, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah. E. Cummings issued the following statement in response to the announcement by House Speaker John Boehner that he will be resigning his post as Speaker and leaving the House of Representatives:
In Wake of Speaker Boehner's Resignation, Dems Press Chaffetz to Subpoena Testimony of David Daleiden at Planned Parenthood Hearing
Washington, D.C. (Sept. 25, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.
Washington, D.C. (Sept. 23, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.