Press Releases
Democrats from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee are cutting through the misinformation about the Affordable Care Act and focusing on how millions of Americans are benefiting from this law.
Washington, D.C.— Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding the Committee's fourth field hearing on the Affordable Care Act taking place in Richardson, Texas today:
Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding the Committee's field hearing on the Affordable Care Act in Apache Junction, Arizona:
Washington, DC—Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Gerry Connolly, and John Tierney, top Democrats on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Committee Chairman Darrell Issa seeking a special Committee meeting pursuant to House Rules to establish procedures for handling sensitive documents produced to the Committee in response to subpoenas.
Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter to Committee Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that he abandon the unnecessary and confrontational subpoena he issued to government contractor MITRE Corporation demanding sensitive security documents relating to the Healthcare.gov website.
Washington, DC – Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Bipartisan Budget Act, which passed in the House of Representatives today:
Washington, DC – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the United States Senate confirmed Rep. Mel Watt (D-N.C.) to be the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA):
Washington, D.C.—Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings and Darrell E. Issa, the Ranking Member and Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, joined with Rep. Rubén Hinojosa, Ranking Member of the Higher Education and Workforce Training Subcommittee, in introducing H.R.
Washington, DC — Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a statement in response to the Obama administration's new proposal to clarify the rules regarding the political activity that tax-exempt social welfare groups can engage in: