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Martin Johnson had a nice little business going in 2008 and 2009. He'd leave home in California and buy dozens of guns in Arizona, where the gun laws are much looser, using an Arizona driver's license to pretend that he still lived there. Back in California, Johnson sold the guns to his neighbor, a convicted felon who couldn't legally buy guns at all. The neighbor sold some of the guns to his buddies, none of whom was a legal buyer, either.
August 8, 2011
Washington, DC – Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings issued the following statement in response to Chairman Darrell Issa's subpoena to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for documents regarding its complaint against the Boeing Corporation.
A report released today by the Congressional Budget Office finds that the Department of Energy may be undercharging energy companies for federal loan guarantees to build new nuclear reactors.
How to build a stronger ATF
Editorial, Published: July 30
JOSE WALL was distressed. A senior special agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Mr.
Thirty-four law professors wrote to Chairman Issa today urging him not to issue a subpoena to compel the disclosure of all documents relating to the NLRB's Office of General Counsel's investigation of Boeing's alleged discrimination against workers' rights.
Read the Opening Statement of Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings
(July 26, 2011) Washington, DC – Today, all Democratic Members of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent a letter to Chairman Darrell Issa requesting a full Committee debate and vote before issuing any subpoena to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for documents related to its ongoing litigation against the Boeing Corporation for allegedly retaliating against workers in Washington State.
On Monday, July 18th, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings thanked Chairman Darrell E. Issa for agreeing to conduct a thorough, bipartisan investigation of illegal foreclosures, inflated fees, and other abuses against U.S. servicemembers and their families. Cummings provided Issa with drafts of joint letters to ten of the nation's largest mortgage servicing companies: Ally Financial, Bank of America Home Loans, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase & Co., MetLife, Inc., PHH Mortgage, PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., SunTrust Banks, Inc., U.S. Bancorp, and Wells Fargo & Company.