2014 News Archive

December 2014

Cummings Requests Information from Sony on North Korean Cyber Attack
December 23, 2014
Chaffetz and Cummings Request Briefing on Plans to Enhance White House Fence
December 22, 2014
Chaffetz, Cummings Respond to DHS Secret Service Report
December 19, 2014
Cummings Issues Statement on Staff Walk Out in Wake of Garner, Brown, and Other Deaths
December 11, 2014
Reps. Cummings and Castro Call for Expanded Review of State Voter ID Laws
December 11, 2014
Cummings, Waters, and Moore Lead 26 Members Requesting Review of Fannie and Freddie Contractors
December 11, 2014
Cummings Slams Bank Bailout and Other Provisions in 2015 Appropriations Bill
December 10, 2014
Cárdenas and Cummings Request Information on NCAA Oversight of Student-Athlete Academics
December 10, 2014
Issa, Cummings Call for House Passage of FOIA Improvement Act
December 9, 2014
Cummings, Conyers, and Thompson Request In-Depth Hearings into Garner, Brown, and Other Deaths
December 9, 2014

November 2014

Sanders and Cummings Introduce Legislation to Require Drug Company Rebates for Generic Drugs
November 20, 2014
Document Confirms KBR Sought to Restrain Whistleblowers
November 20, 2014
Cummings Issues Statement on Announcement of Rep. Jason Chaffetz As New House Oversight Committee Chairman
November 18, 2014
Cummings and Warren Ramp Up Investigation of Consumer Data Breaches Throughout U.S. Financial Sector
November 18, 2014
Cummings Requests Additional Information on Cyber-Attack at State Department
November 17, 2014
Congress Approves Cummings Bill to Expand Access to Presidential Records
November 13, 2014
Cummings Seeks Briefings and Documents on Troubling Increase in Cyber-Attacks
November 12, 2014
Congressional Panel to Probe Generic Drug Price Hikes
November 11, 2014
Cummings Requests Additional Information on Cyber Attack at U.S. Postal Service
November 10, 2014

October 2014

Top Democrats Call on SEC to Protect Corporate Whistleblowers
October 27, 2014
Cummings and Speier Respond to IG Report on Sexual Assault and Harassment at Merchant Marine Academy
October 27, 2014
Cummings Highlights NGO Testimony on Ebola Crisis in Africa
October 24, 2014
MUST SEE: International Group Fighting Ebola Tells Congress How to Stop Spread of Virus at Its Source
October 24, 2014
Cummings and Warren Request Investigation into Non-Bank Mortgage Servicing Industry
October 20, 2014
Sanders, Cummings to HHS: Act Now on 'Staggering' Generic Drug Price Increases
October 16, 2014
Cummings Requests Hearing on Data Security Breach at JPMorgan Chase
October 7, 2014
Cummings Commends CMS for Improving Nursing Home Rating System
October 6, 2014
Issa, Cummings to DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson: Independent Review of Secret Service Must Assess Entire Agency
October 3, 2014
Cummings and Sanders Investigate Staggering Price Increases for Generic Drugs
October 2, 2014
Cummings Responds to Secret Service Director’s Resignation
October 1, 2014
Cummings: Secret Service Director Should Step Down If She Cannot Restore Trust in Agency
October 1, 2014

September 2014

Issa and Cummings Issue Statement on Agreement to Begin HGH Testing in NFL
September 17, 2014
Oversight Committee Approves Bipartisan Inspector General Empowerment Legislation
September 17, 2014
Cummings Requests Director of Federal Cybersecurity Investigations Testify at Hearing on ACA
September 16, 2014
Cummings Requests Deposition of USIS CEO
September 15, 2014
Cummings Issues Statement on NFL Players' Vote on Drug Testing Policy
September 13, 2014
Cummings Requests Hearing on Recent Data Security Breach at The Home Depot
September 11, 2014
Cummings Requests Hearing on Data Breach at For-Profit Hospital Chain
September 9, 2014

August 2014

Cummings Requests Briefing on Nursing Homes Gaming CMS Rating System
August 26, 2014
Cummings Issues Statement on OPM "Phased Retirement" Guidelines
August 7, 2014

July 2014

Cummings Requests State-Level Data, Reports From Six Republican Governors
July 29, 2014
U.S. Office of Special Counsel Identifies No Inappropriate Activity at New White House Political Office
July 25, 2014
House Passes Cummings Legislation to Make College Costs More Transparent
July 23, 2014
Cummings Objects To Third Oversight Committee Hearing In Past Month With IRS Commissioner
July 21, 2014
Cummings and Coburn Send Bipartisan Inquiry on New Contract to USIS After Billion-Dollar Fraud Suit
July 17, 2014
RAPID RESPONSE: Issa Scuttles Hearing Testimony After Cummings Plays Video
July 16, 2014
Top Ten Unsubstantiated Republican Claims on Justice Department's IRS Investigation
July 16, 2014
Cummings Issues Statement on Issa Demand For Testimony From Senior White House Advisor
July 15, 2014
Issa, Cummings Praise Bipartisan House Passage of Legislative Reforms
July 15, 2014
House Passes Cummings Bill to Extend Protections for Whistleblowers
July 14, 2014
Issa Ramps Up "Subpoena Binge"
July 14, 2014
Cummings Objects To Issa "Subpoena Binge" After Benghazi Taken Away From Oversight Committee
July 9, 2014
Cummings Issues Statement on Release of Benghazi Interview Transcripts by Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon
July 9, 2014

June 2014

USIS CEO Refuses to Answer Questions from Congress - Cummings Asks Issa for Transcribed Interview
June 30, 2014
Cummings, Sandra Fluke Issue Statement on Hobby Lobby Ruling
June 30, 2014
RAPID RESPONSE: Oversight Dems Condemn "Unwarranted And Abusive" Subpoena To White House Attorney On Lerner Emails
June 24, 2014
Cummings Issues Statement on Unilateral Issa Subpoena to White House Attorney
June 23, 2014
Contemporaneous Emails Show Lerner Computer Crash Resulted From Technological Failure, Not "Nefarious" Activity
June 20, 2014
New Data Shows Affordable Care Act Enrollment Exceeded Insurance Company Projections
June 18, 2014
Cummings Issues Statement on Waxman Letter on Chemical Safety Board
June 18, 2014
Cummings Issues Statement on Capture of Ahmed Abu Khattala
June 17, 2014
Democratic Memo Finds Inadequate Funding by Congress Fuels Long Wait Times, Backlogs in Social Security Disability Claims
June 10, 2014

May 2014

Bipartisan Oversight Report Finds Flawed Sensitive Information Designation Process at Transportation Security Administration
May 29, 2014
Cummings Issues Statement on Latest Issa Document Leak
May 22, 2014
Cummings On Select Committee: "We Need Someone In That Room To Defend The Truth"
May 21, 2014
Cardenas and Cummings Request Information On NCAA Oversight Of Student-Athletes
May 19, 2014
Cummings, Mikulski, and Cardin Urge Immediate Action to Strengthen Social Security's Equal Employment Program
May 19, 2014
Cummings Issues Statement on New Issa Subpoena on Benghazi
May 15, 2014
Cummings Issues Statement on House Floor Opposing Republican Select Committee on Benghazi
May 8, 2014
Cummings Issues Statement Condemning House Vote to Hold Lois Lerner in Contempt
May 7, 2014
RESOURCES FOR IRS CONTEMPT VOTE
May 6, 2014
Cummings Issues New Report on IRS Screening; Releases Excerpts from All 39 Witness Interview Transcripts
May 6, 2014
Cummings Responds to Issa Subpoena to Secretary of State
May 2, 2014

April 2014

Cummings Releases Statement on G.A.O. Report of Mortgage Settlement
April 29, 2014
House Sends DATA Act To President Obama
April 28, 2014
Cummings Provides Additional Response to Issa Allegations of Collusion with IRS
April 17, 2014
Reps. Issa, Cummings, Farenthold, Lynch, and Reichert Write to OMB About Concerns with CFC Regulations
April 17, 2014
Cummings Requests Hearing on Mortgage Settlement
April 17, 2014
Rapid Response: Issa Blocks Cummings Request To Release IRS Interview Transcripts
April 10, 2014
Oversight Dems Release Minority Views Opposing Issa's Contempt Resolution
April 10, 2014
New CRS Report Finds No Historical Precedent For Issa Contempt Proceeding
April 9, 2014
Cummings Responds to Scheduling of Contempt Vote
April 3, 2014
Durbin, Harkin, Cummings: More Coordination Needed In Federal Oversight Of For-Profit College Industry
April 3, 2014
Cummings and Tierney Request Documents from KBR
April 1, 2014

March 2014

Cummings, Lynch, and Connolly Request GAO Study to Further Enhance Effectiveness of Federal Workforce
March 27, 2014
Oversight Democrats to Issa: End the Baseless Benghazi Claims and Focus on Reform
March 27, 2014
Rep. Connolly Introduces Bill to Give 3.3% Raise to Federal Workers
March 26, 2014
Twenty Five Independent Legal Experts Now Agree That Issa Botched Contempt
March 26, 2014
Cummings Issues Statement on OMB Review of Navy Yard Shooting Recommendations
March 18, 2014
Cummings, Warren and Waters Request Meeting on DOJ Report on Mortgage Fraud
March 16, 2014
Issa Response to Cummings Provides No House Counsel Memo and Cites No Legal Experts on Botched Contempt Proceedings
March 14, 2014
Cummings Asks Speaker Boehner for Copy of Counsel Opinion on Lerner Contempt Proceedings
March 14, 2014
Cummings Responds to New IG Report Criticizing DOJ's Efforts to Combat Mortgage Fraud
March 13, 2014
More Experts Now Agree That Issa Botched Contempt
March 13, 2014
Issa Botched Contempt, Experts Say
March 12, 2014
Oversight Committee Passes Bipartisan Bills to Improve Federal Worker Savings, Whistleblower Protections
March 12, 2014
Cummings Investigation Spurs 111 Higher Ed Institutions to Correct Financial Aid Instructions
March 10, 2014
Cummings Responds to Issa's Apology
March 7, 2014
Top Democrats Call for End to House GOP's Abuse of Power, Demand Vote to Condemn Issa's Actions
March 6, 2014
Oversight Committee Democrats Unanimously Condemn Chairman Issa's Actions at Today's IRS Hearing
March 5, 2014