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Washington D.C. —Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Committee Chairman Darrell Issa with new information about the Committee's six-hour transcribed interview with a self-identified "conservative Republican" manager who led a team of IRS screeners in Cincinnati as they reviewed applications by Tea Party groups for tax exempt status.
Washington, DC (June 4, 2013) – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding the Committee's closed-door deposition of Ambassador Pickering regarding the Accountability Review Board's review of the attacks in Benghazi:
Washington, DC –Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding Chairman Issa's claim on national television this morning that interviews with workers in the IRS Cincinnati office show targeting of conservative groups was a problem that was coordinated out of Washington headquarters:
Washington, DC— Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, introduced H.R.
Below is Ranking Member Cummings' opening statement, as prepared for delivery, for today's Full Committee hearing on the IRS.
May 22, 2013
WASHINGTON – House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Md., today introduced bipartisan legislation to improve the quality and utility of federal spending information. The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act) establishes governmentwide financial data standards and improves the management and completeness of USASpending.gov, a transparency portal created in 2006 by legislation sponsored by Senator Tom Coburn, R-Okla., and then-Senator
Washington D.C.—This week, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, introduced legislation to address "gray market" drug companies that are taking advantage of the national drug shortage crisis to charge exorbitant prices for drugs used to treat cancer and other life-threatening conditions.