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May 18, 2015

Taxpayers Would Save $1 Billion in 10 Years

WASHINGTON, May 18, – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) today introduced legislation to curb skyrocketing prices of generic drugs.

Sharp price hikes not only impact consumers, hospitals, and pharmacists, but strain the budgets for Medicaid, Medicare, the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.


May 14, 2015

Chaffetz, Cummings Statement on New DHS IG Report of March 4, 2015 White House Incident

WASHINGTON – Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) released the following statement in reaction to the Department of Homeland Security Inspector General report on the investigation into the March 4, 2015 incident at the White House Complex.


May 11, 2015

Baltimore, Maryland (May 11, 2015)—Today, following the recent unrest in Baltimore and the death of Freddie Gray, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Elizabeth Warren convened the fifth in a series of congressional forums as part of their Middle Class Prosperity Project to examine the lack of economic access and opportunity in many communities, including Baltimore.


April 30, 2015

Cummings Condemns Republican Vote to Undermine Reproductive Rights in D.C.

Washington, D.C. (Apr. 30, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, strongly opposed the decision by House GOP leadership to vote to overturn an anti-discrimination bill that prohibits District of Columbia employers from discriminating against workers based on their private reproductive health decisions.

Issues: DC

April 30, 2015

Cummings Responds to Announcement that CFPB and Maryland AG Filed Consent Orders after Mortgage Kickback Scheme


April 28, 2015

CHAFFETZ, CUMMINGS ISSUE STATEMENT ON NEWS THE NFL WILL WAIVE TAX EXEMPT STATUS

WASHINGTON – Today, in response to news that the National Football League (NFL) plans to voluntarily waive their tax-exempt status and file tax returns as a taxable entity for fiscal year 2015, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (UT-03) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (MD-7) issued the following statement.

Issues: Taxes

April 27, 2015

Cummings and Warren to Hold Middle Class Prosperity Project Forum at Howard University on "Tackling the Student Debt Crisis"

Participants Include Howard University President Dr. Wayne Frederick, Student Loan Borrowers, and Experts


April 27, 2015

SEN. WARREN AND REP. CUMMINGS JOIN COLLEAGUES IN ASKING ED, FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN SERVICERS ABOUT EFFORTS TO ASSIST STRUGGLING BORROWERS

Letters Express Concerns About Relief for Students at Corinthian Colleges, Which Closed Remaining Campuses Today; Seek Documents, Data from Education Department and Loan Servicers