2011 News Archive

July 2011

Cummings Issues Report on FCIC, Chairman Issa Cancels Hearing
July 13, 2011
Cummings Applauds New Reporting Measure to Combat Illegal Gun Trafficking
July 11, 2011
Cummings and Rockefeller Review Bank Handling of Military Foreclosures
July 8, 2011

June 2011

Documents for June 30th Forum on Gun Trafficking
June 30, 2011
SPECIAL REPORT: "OUTGUNNED: Law Enforcement Agents Warn Congress They Lack Adequate Tools to Counter Illegal Firearms Trafficking"
June 29, 2011
Ranking Member Cummings to Hold Forum on Law Enforcement Tools to Stop the Flood of Illegal Weapons
June 29, 2011
ADVISORY: Ranking Member Cummings to Hold Forum on Law Enforcement Tools to Stop the Flood of Illegal Weapons
June 29, 2011
Cummings, Quigley Transparency Bills Advance through Oversight Committee
June 23, 2011
HEARING: Documents for June 21st Hearing: The Hatch Act: The Challenge of Separating Politics from Policy
June 21, 2011
Documents for the June 17th Field Hearing: "Unionization Through Regulation"
June 17, 2011
House Dems to Issa: Pressing NLRB to Testify Now Raises Serious Constitutional and Ethical Concerns
June 16, 2011
Oversight Democrats Request Minority Day of Hearings on Illegal Gun Trafficking to Mexico
June 15, 2011
HEARING: Documents for the June 15th Hearing: Operation Fast and Furious"
June 15, 2011
Documents for June 14th Hearing: "Achieving Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending"
June 14, 2011
Documents for June 13th: Obstruction of Justice: Does the Justice Department Have to Respond to a Lawfully Issued and Valid Congressional Subpoena?
June 13, 2011
Cummings Applauds Presidential Executive Order To Extend Accountability And Cut Government Waste
June 13, 2011
Cummings Warns Issa Against Reckless Actions, Requests Information about Issa’s Plans for ATF Investigation
June 13, 2011
NY Times Profile: Cummings Warms to the Task of Being Issa's Foil on Oversight Panel
June 3, 2011
Cummings, Committee Ranking Members to Issa: Abandon New Misguided Witness Policy.
June 3, 2011
Documents for the June 2nd Full Committee Hearing: "Making the Gulf Coast Whole Again"
June 2, 2011
Cummings Calls on Issa to Subpoena Banks in Foreclosure Investigation
June 1, 2011
BALTIMORE SUN: Cummings presses regulator on law firm handling Maryland foreclosures
June 1, 2011

May 2011

Cummings Seeks “Engagement Letters” Due Today Between Mortgage Banks and Private Consultants
May 31, 2011
Issa Refuses Vote on Comprehensive Bill to Enhance Government Transparency
May 31, 2011
Oversight Democrats Call on McHenry to Apologize to Warren
May 25, 2011
Cummings Asks Issa to Subpoena Mortgage Servicers
May 25, 2011
Documents for the May 24th Hearing: "Pain at the Pump"
May 18, 2011
Cummings Requests Committee Action on Allegations of Waste in Housing Program for Poor
May 17, 2011
Cummings Op-Ed: When did sunlight become the infectant?
May 12, 2011
Documents for the May 12th Full Committee Hearing: "Politicizing Procurement"
May 12, 2011
Issa Rejects Testimony of Open Government Coalition at Hearing on Disclosure of Campaign Contributions
May 12, 2011
Cummings Sends Letter to Chairman Issa Requesting Witness to Ensure Balanced Hearing
May 10, 2011
Documents for the May 10th Full Committee Hearing: "The Future of Capital Formation"
May 10, 2011
Oversight Democrats Request Answers to Delays in Wounded Service Members Receiving Benefits
May 5, 2011
May 3rd Hearing: Cummings Calls for Vote on Bill to Increase Transparency of Presidential and Federal Agency Records
May 2, 2011

April 2011

Ranking Member Cummings Responds to Issa Contempt Threats
April 20, 2011
Documents for the April 14th Hearing, "State and Municipal Debt: Tough Choices Ahead"
April 14, 2011
Gov. Walker Admits Attacks on Unions Unrelated to State Budget
April 14, 2011
Cummings Requests Vermont Governor Shumlin Testify at Hearing on State and Municipal Debt
April 13, 2011
Cummings Calls on OCC to Postpone Consent Agreement and Demands Briefing on Foreclosure Abuses
April 13, 2011
Documents for the April 5th Full Committee Hearing, "Are Postal Workforce Costs Sustainable?"
April 4, 2011
Ranking Member Cummings objects to Issa’s subpoena: DOJ says ongoing investigations could be compromised.
April 1, 2011

March 2011

Documents for the March 31st Full Committee Hearing: "Why isn't the DHS meeting the President's Standard on FOIA"
March 30, 2011
Cummings: America’s Students Left Behind Again Under GOP Agenda
March 30, 2011
Oversight Democrats Introduce Landmark Open Government Legislation
March 17, 2011
Documents for the March 17th Full Committee Hearing: "The Freedom of Information Act"
March 16, 2011
Cummings Investigates Widespread Abuses by Mortgage Servicing Companies
March 8, 2011
Documents for the March 8th Full Committee Hearing: "The Foreclosure Crisis"
March 7, 2011
Cummings, Democrats Condemn “Free” Gulf Oil
March 3, 2011
Documents for the March 3rd Full Committee Hearing: "Waste and Abuse: The Refuse of the Federal Spending Binge II"
March 2, 2011
Oversight And Government Reform To Host Field Hearing In Baltimore
March 2, 2011

February 2011

Documents for Feb. 28th Joint Hearing Regarding Presidential Libraries
February 28, 2011
Cummings Launches Major Investigation of Mortgage Servicer Abuses
February 25, 2011
Ranking Member Cummings Questions New Issa Subpoenas
February 24, 2011
Ranking Member Cummings Highlights Contractor Oversight
February 17, 2011
Documents for the Feb. 17th Full Committee Hearing: "Waste and Abuse: The Refuse of the Federal Spending Binge"
February 16, 2011
Rep. Cummings Asks for Senator McCaskill to Testify on GAO "High Risk" Report
February 15, 2011
Cummings Thanks Barofsky For His Public Service
February 14, 2011
Documents for the Full Committee Hearing on Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation
February 10, 2011
Ranking Member Cummings' Opening Remarks for the TARP Subcommittee Hearing
February 9, 2011
Oversight Committee Democrats Call on Chairman Issa to Revisit FOIA Investigation
February 2, 2011

January 2011

Cummings Requests Industry Responses to Chairman Issa’s Regulation Letters
January 31, 2011
Rep. Cummings Opening Statement for the SIGTARP Hearing
January 26, 2011
Rep. Cummings Opening Remarks & Amendments Offered During Committee Organizational Meeting
January 25, 2011
Cummings Objects to Issa’s Plan to Return to Unilateral, Burton-era Subpoenas
January 24, 2011
Cummings Announces Subcommittee Ranking Members
January 20, 2011
Cummings Sends Session-Opening Letter To Issa
January 18, 2011
Cummings Statement on Committee’s Foreclosure Investigation
January 7, 2011
Cummings Pleased With Drop In Unemployment
January 7, 2011