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March 6, 2012

Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Elijah E.


March 2, 2012

Washington, DC—On Tuesday, March 6, 2012, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings, Senator Ben Cardin, and the Congressional Tri-Caucus (Congressional Black Caucus, Hispanic Caucus, Asian Pacific American Caucus) will host a forum to examine the status of efforts by the Department of Defense and Coast Guard to institute recommendations made nearly one year ago by the Military Leadership Diversity Commission.


February 29, 2012

WASHINGTON – Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) today assailed efforts by financial trade organizations to undermine current law which, if fully implemented, would help to restrict speculation in oil prices. Most economists agree that speculation in oil markets is part of the reason for spikes in the price of oil. Meanwhile, American families and businesses are paying record prices for gas for this time of year, in part due to a "fear premium" placed on the price by speculators' actions.


February 29, 2012

Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes-Norton, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney, Congressman Elijah Cummings and Congresswoman Diana DeGette released the following statement on the vicious and inappropriate attacks leveled on Ms. Sandra Fluke today. Last week, Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee held a hearing on the issue of women's health, hearing testimony from Ms. Fluke, a third-year law student at Georgetown University.

Issues: Health Care

February 24, 2012

Washington, DC—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the Postal Service's announcement that 223 postal process facilities had been selected for full or partial consolidation:

Issues: Postal Service

February 23, 2012
Washington, DC— Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Oversight Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, and Congresswomen Eleanor Holmes Norton and Carolyn Maloney held a Democratic Steering and Policy Committee event today to hear testimony from Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University law student who was denied the opportunity to appear at a Committee hearing last week to discuss the critical importance of contraceptives to millions of women across the country.
Issues: Health Care

February 16, 2012

Below are documents and videos relating to the hearing held on February 16, 2012 -- "Lines Crossed: Separation Of Church & State. Has The Obama Admin. Trampled On Freedom Of Religion"

Issues: Health Care

February 16, 2012
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 objecting to his refusal to allow a minority witness to testify at tomorrow's Committee hearing about the interests of millions of American women seeking safe and affordable coverage for basic preventive health care, including contraception.
Issues: Health Care