News
Latest News
Washington, DC —Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to Secret Service Director Julia Pierson's decision to resign today:
WASHINGTON – Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee adopted bipartisan inspector general reform legislation introduced by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA), Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) and Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC). The Committee approved H.R. 5492, Inspector General Empowerment Act of 2014 as amended and reported the bill favorably to the House by a voice vote.
Washington, DC (Sept. 17, 2014)—Today, Reps. Darrell E. Issa and Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman and Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform respectively, issued the following statement after the National Football League (NFL) and the National Football League Players Association announced an agreement to amend the NFL's performance-enhancing drug (PED) policy to include testing of NFL players for human growth hormone (HGH) beginning during the 2014 NFL season:
Washington, DC – Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that the Committee invite Ann Barron-DiCamillo, the Director of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) within the Department of Homeland Security, to testify at Thursday's Full Committee hearing entitled "Examining ObamaCare's Failures in Security, Accountability and Transparency."
Washington, DC —Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting a subpoena to compel USIS CEO Sterling Phillips to appear before the Committee for a deposition based on troubling new revelations over the past several months.
Washington, DC —Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the National Football League Players Association voted to approve the NFL drug policy proposal, which includes testing for human growth hormone (HGH) for the 2014 NFL season:
Washington, DC —Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that the Committee hold a bipartisan hearing to examine a recent data security breach that may have compromised the personally identifiable information of American consumers who shopped at Home Depot throughout the year.
Washington, DC —Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting that the Committee hold a bipartisan hearing to investigate the causes and effects of a data security breach at Community Health Systems Inc., the nation's largest for-profit hospital chain.
Washington, DC —Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting a briefing to address serious concerns that some nursing home facilities are gaming CMS's current "five-star" rating system to mislead consumers about the quality of care they provide.
Washington, DC (Aug. 7, 2014)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) release of their guidelines for the "phased retirement" program for federal workers: