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November
11/9/06
In Honor of Veterans
Day, Congressman Cummings Applauds Those Who Have Served Our Nation
in Uniform
11/9/06
Congressman Cummings
Mourns Death of Newsman Ed Bradley
11/08/06
Congressman Cummings
Responds to the Resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
October
10/25/06
Congressman Cummings
Saddened by Death of Civil Right Leader Enolia P. McMillan
10/13/06
10/13/06
Congressman Cummings
Joins Bishop Thomas to Host Conference on Education in Baltimore
City
Note: Some presentations from this conference are
available in .pdf format
10/10/06
Congressman Cummings
Mourns the Loss of Baltimore Firefighter Allan Roberts
10/5/06
Congressman Cummings
Urges Hospitals to Increase Training for Heroin Addiction Treatment
9/27/06
Friends of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus Foundation Give
Cummings ‘Eye Care for You’ Award
9/21/06
Cummings: CDC
Recommendation on Universal HIV Testing Will Help Save Lives
9/21/06
Cummings: It is Past
Time to Transform Our Commitments into Action Regarding Darfur
9/19/06
Partnership for a
Drug-Free America® Gives Congressman Cummings Guardian Award
9/13/06
Cummings Awarded for
Efforts to Increase Blood Donations in Maryland
9/11/06
Cummings Remembers
Victims, Families, and Heroes of Sept. 11 Attacks
8/30/06
8/29/06
On Katrina Anniversary,
Cummings Urges 'Category 5' Attention to Rebuilding Communities
8/28/06
Cummings Tours Gulf Coast for Katrina
Anniversary -- Concerned About Lack of Progress
8/25/06
Congressman Cummings
Mourns the Loss of Lena K. Lee
8/17/06
Congressman Cummings
Receives an "A" for Legislative Efforts on Darfur
July
7/28/06
Cummings Congratulates
Baltimore Community for Reduced Lead Poisoning Rates --
Continues to Push for Total Elimination
7/27/06
Cummings Urges Justice
Department and Courts to Defend Americans’ Right to Vote
7/27/06
Cummings Congratulates
Baltimore City Health Department for Excellence in Public Health
Award
7/26/06
Cummings Advocates for
Plan to Combat Emergent Prescription Drug Abuse Problem
7/25/06
Cummings Introduces
Minority Entrepreneurship Bill
Sen. Kerry to Join Cummings in Telephone Press Conference on the
Bill on Thursday
7/20/06
Cummings: Bush NAACP
Speech Was a Good Photo Op, but Proof is in the Follow-Up
7/19/06
Cummings: President
Bush Vetoes Hope by Refusing to Sign Bipartisan Stem Cell
Legislation Into Law
7/7/06
Cummings: Job Growth
Remains Too Slow
6/30/06
Cummings: Americans
Should Not Have to Prove Citizenship to Receive Healthcare
6/30/06
Cummings: Congress
Should Mark Independence Day by Reauthorizing the Voting Rights Act
6/27/06
Cummings, Souder
Release GAO Report on Clinical Lab Quality
6/26/06
Congressman Cummings
Congratulates UPS for Consistently Being a "Model of Diversity"
6/25/06
Cummings Comments on
Withdrawal of Voting Rights Act
6/22/06
Cummings, Congressional
Black Caucus Meet with World Bank President Wolfowitz
6/21/06
Cummings Congratulates
Howard County Public School System for Top Marks on State Assessment
Exams
6/14/06
Congressman Cummings
Questions President Bush's "Surprise" Iraq Trip
6/14/06
Cummings Commends Drop
in Violent Crime in Baltimore
6/6/06
Cummings Calls on
Governor and Legislature to Fashion Rate Plan that Will Benefit
Customers
May
5/24/06
Congressman Cummings
Questions Emergency Responders on Hurricane Preparedness
5/18/06
Cummings Votes for Bill
to Give DC Full Representation in House
5/16/06
Congressman Cummings to
Participate in WOW Homebuyers Workshop
5/16/06
Congressman Cummings
Applauds Senate for Honoring Baltimore Native Killed in Iraq --
Legislation incorporated in Senate immigration bill to help soldiers
become U.S. citizens
5/15/06
Cummings Responds to
President Bush’s Immigration Address
5/4/06
Catonsville Student
wins Cummings' Congressional Arts Competition
5/1/06
Congressman Cummings
Urges National Recommitment to Amtrak on its 35th Anniversary
4/20/06
Congressman Cummings
Expresses Disappointment Over Failure to Create "Opt Out" Rate
Relief Program
4/19/06
Congressman Cummings
Urges Adoption of "Opt Out" Electricity Rate Relief Program
4/5/06
Transportation
Committee Adopts Cummings' Amendment on Port Security
4/4/06
Congressman Cummings to
Host HIV/AIDS Youth Symposium
March
3/31/06
Congressman Cummings
Supports Legislation to Close Security Gaps at Seaports
3/30/06
Cummings Calls on State
and City Leaders to Work Together to Save Baltimore City Schools
3/27/06
2006 Congressional
Black Caucus Spouses Education Scholarships Now Available
3/27/06
Cummings’ Legislation
Naming Druid Station Post Office for State Delegate Lena K. Lee
Becomes Law
3/15/06
Congressman Cummings
Responds to President Bush's Opposition to Extend Medicare Part D
Deadline
3/13/06
Congressman Cummings
Urges MTA to Hold Public Hearings on Phase II of Bus Changes
3/9/06
Congressman Cummings
Applauds Decision of Dubai Firm to Divest U.S. Holdings
3/9/06
House Passes
Legislation Containing Cummings’ Dawson Bill Provisions
3/9/06
Congressman Cummings
Mourns Passing of Gordon Parks
February
2/21/06
Cummings: Port Security
Must Be Top Priority
2/16/06
Congressman Cummings
Calls for National Bipartisan Effort to Correct Katrina Errors
2/15/06
Cummings: Our Nation
Must Prepare Now to Meet the Threats We Face
2/9/06
Congressman Elijah E.
Cummings Responds to FCC Report on A La Carte Programming
2/6/06
Congressman Cummings
Responds to President's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Proposal for Amtrak
1/31/06
Congressman Elijah E.
Cummings Reacts to President Bush's State of the Union Address
1/31/06
Congressman Cummings
Comments on Justice Alito's Confirmation to U.S. Supreme Court
1/31/06
America mourns Coretta
Scott King
1/30/06
Cummings: President
Bush Should Address Nation's Drug Problems in Tomorrow's State of
the Union
1/27/06
Hattie McDaniel Stamp
Called For by Congressman Cummings Issued Nationally This Week
1/27/06
Congressman Cummings
Calls for More Diversity Among NFL Head Coaches:
"The coaching leadership in the NFL must better reflect the
diversity of America."
1/25/06
Cummings: President
Bush Is Putting America's Imminent Priorities in His Blind Spot
1/12/06
Congressman Cummings
Mourns Loss of Maryland-based Soldier Michael J. McMullen
1/10/06
Congressman Cummings
Mourns Loss of Former Baltimore City Councilwoman Victorine Q. Adams
1/6/06
Congressman Cummings
Mourns Loss of Singer Lou Rawls
1/5/06
Congressman Cummings Mourns
Loss of Thomas O'Malley