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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 a decision by Rep. Buck McKeon, Chairman of the House Committee on Armed Services, to declassify and publicly release transcripts of congressional interviews with officials throughout the military chain of command regarding the attacks in Benghazi:

Washington D.C. (June 30, 2014)—Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, along with Sandra Fluke, who was denied the opportunity to testify at a 2012 Committee hearing on the Affordable Care Act's required inclusion of contraception coverage in health plans, issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's ruling in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby:

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 conduct a transcribed interview of Sterling Phillips, the CEO of U.S. Investigations Services, Inc.

Washington, D.C. (June 24, 2014)—At today's hearing before the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Democrats strongly condemned Committee Chairman Darrell Issa's rushed decision last night to issue a unilateral subpoena to compel the testimony of Jennifer O'Connor, a former IRS employee who started work at the White House less than a month ago.

Washington, D.C. (June 23, 2014)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a unilateral subpoena issued by Committee Chairman Darrell Issa to Jennifer O'Connor, who currently works in the White House Counsel's office. O'Connor worked previously at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from May to November 2013, but she left months before recent discoveries about Lois Lerner's emails:

Washington D.C.—Emails from Lois Lerner in 2011 have been provided to Congress by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) showing that her hard drive crashed for technological reasons relating to corrupted hard drive sectors, that she sought assistance from IT employees—including forensic lab technicians—but that her data was unrecoverable despite these efforts. No evidence has been identified to suggest that the loss of Lerner emails was the result of intentional or "nefarious" activity, despite multiple claims by Republicans.

Washington, DC (June 18, 2014)—In conjunction with today's 27th hearing on the Affordable Care Act held by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings issued a Fact Sheet with new data collected from insurance companies participating in Affordable Care Act exchanges.