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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.
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representatives Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) introduced the "Stop Gun Trafficking and Strengthen Law Enforcement Act." The legislation establishes a dedicated firearms trafficking statute to empower law enforcement to keep high-powered firearms out of the hands of dangerous criminals, including Mexican drug cartels.
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A Bipartisan Victory for Servicemembers
Issa Joins Cummings to Hold Banks Accountable for Foreclosure Abuses Against Active-Duty Military
Washington, DC – Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings issued a forty-page investigative report today regarding the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC).
Chairman Issa launched an investigation into the activities of the FCIC a year ago, alleging improprieties by the Democratic Commissioners and staff, including "conflicts of interest," and "extensive ties" to "partisan Democratic politics."
Washington, DC – Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings issued the following statement in response to Department of Justice's announcement of the new reporting measure for multiple sales of semi-automatic rifles in select states along the border.
(Washington, D.C.)—On Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 2:30 p.m., 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, will convene a forum to examine illegal foreclosures against U.S. service members and their families.
Read the Opening Statement of Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
Read the Report: "OUTGUNNED: Law Enforcement Agents Warn Congress They Lack Adequate Tools to Counter Illegal Firearms Trafficking".
Washington, DC – On Thursday, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will convene a forum on the flow of illegal guns on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border.