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Washington, DC – Today, Attorney General Eric Holder called on Congress to provide the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) with the legal tools they need to fight firearms trafficking along the Southwest border. Attorney General Holder asked Congress to take up the requests made by ATF field agents who testified before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on June 15, 2011. During his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee today, Attorney General Holder stated:
Washington, DC – Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings sent a letter to Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli requesting that he explain the basis for his testimony before the Committee on November 1, 2011, that EPA's proposed Air Toxics rule will increase electricity costs and result in the loss of jobs.
Washington, DC– Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Danny K.
Washington, DC —Today Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell E. Issa requesting a hearing with former Attorney General Michael Mukasey to address new questions about so-called "gun-walking" operations during the previous administration.
Washington, DC – Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings sent a letter to the law firm of Steven J. Baum requesting records, documents, and communications relating to allegations of improper and potentially illegal actions in the processing of foreclosures.
Washington, DC – Today, the Oversight and Government Reform Committee unanimously passed H.R. 3289, the "Platts-Van Hollen Whistleblower Protection Act of 2011."
"This bill will significantly expand the protections available to government whistleblowers who risk their careers to challenge abuses of power and the mismanagement of government resources," said Ranking Member Elijah Cummings. "This journey has been long and frustrating for advocates of whistleblower protections who have been trying for nearly a decade to get a strong bill enacted."
Washington, DC—Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings sent a second letter to Superior Medical Supply, Inc., requesting documents about the company's purchases and sales of a cancer drug in critically short supply as part of Cummings' broader investigation into so-called "gray market" drug companies.
Washington, DC – Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, applauded changes to the United States Sentencing Guidelines that go into effect today to increase criminal penalties for so-called "straw purchasers" of firearms.
Washington, DC—Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings issued the following statement on a new GAO report issued regarding AIG. The report found inconsistent accounts of attempts by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to negotiate with AIG's counterparties to lower U.S. taxpayer exposure.
Washington, DC – Representative Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today alerted homeowners who have been the victims of illegal or improper foreclosure related actions to a new online claims process announced today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).