Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland Democrat (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland Democrat (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (from left), New York Democrat; E. Scott Rigell, Virginia Republican; Patrick Meehan, Pennsylvania Republican; and Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland Democrat, prepare Tuesday to announce legislation to make firearms trafficking a federal crime and stiffen laws against straw buyers. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (from left), New York Democrat; E. Scott Rigell, Virginia Republican; Patrick Meehan, Pennsylvania Republican; and Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland Democrat, prepare Tuesday to announce legislation to make firearms trafficking a federal crime and stiffen laws against straw buyers. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich, Ohio Democrat, whispers to Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland Democrat, during a Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing. The panel voted to recommend that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. be held in contempt of Congress in the "Fast and Furious" gun-walking case. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland Democrat (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Maryland Democrat and ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, speaks to the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, after Rep. Darrell E. Issa, California Republican and committee chairman, met with Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to try to reach an agreement on obtaining documents from the Justice Department on the botched anti-gunrunning operation known as Fast and Furious. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
