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Washington, DC (Oct. 18, 2011) – Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, responded to an announcement by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) that it has instructed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to begin "transitioning away" from their use of designated foreclosure attorney networks to a system under which "mortgage servicers select qualified law firms that meet certain minimum, uniform criteria."
Washington, DC – In an interview this morning on CBS's Face the Nation, Rep. Darrell E. Issa, Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, officially confirmed for the first time recent press reports alleging that so-called "gun-walking" programs occurred during the Bush Administration, much earlier than previously known.
Without disclosing his sources, Issa defended the previous Administration's operations as "coordinated."
Congressman Danny Davis (D-IL), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the National Archives, is convening a forum featuring Gil Kerlikowske, the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and local drug-control officials to discuss the impact of Federal and localized drug prevention and treatment initiatives to combat recidivism and substance misuse.
Washington, D.C. — Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings, joined by all seven Subcommittee Ranking Members, sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa objecting to his new policy preventing the minority from using its own travel budget.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings released a report on behalf of Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statement in response to a subpoena issued by Chairman Darrell E. Issa to the Department of Justice for tens of thousands of pages of documents.
"As I have said all along, Fast and Furious was a terrible mistake with tragic consequences," said Cummings. "The Committee is right to investigate what went wrong and why, but we must do so in a fair and responsible manner."
(Washington, D.C.)—On Tuesday, July 12, 2011, Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, convened a forum to examine illegal foreclosures against U.S. service members and their families.
Agency's Own Data Show Principal Reduction Would Save Taxpayers Billions of Dollars
Former Fannie Mae Employee Calls into Question DeMarco's Response to Congress
Washington, DC – Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement today in response to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel's (OSC) proposed legislative changes to the Hatch Act, which limits partisan activity of government employees:
Washington, DC—Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings, Housing Stabilization Task Force Co-Chair Congressman Dennis Cardoza, and 25 other Members of Congress wrote to President Obama today requesting a meeting with the highest ranking Administration officials that coordinate housing and foreclosure policy to discuss the President's mortgage refinancing proposal.