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August 2017

August 18, 2017

Maryland Congress Members Investigate Reports of

Kushner Companies Engaging in Abusive Rental Practices


August 17, 2017

Cummings and Welch Launch Investigation of Drug Companies' Skyrocketing Prices for MS Drugs

Washington, D.C. (August 17, 2017)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont, a senior Democrat on both the Oversight Committee and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, sent letters to seven pharmaceutical companies requesting information about their pricing strategies for drugs used to treat Multiple Sclerosis (MS).


August 8, 2017

Oversight Dems Launch Investigation of

Taxpayer-Funded Expenditures to Trump Businesses

Washington, D.C. (August 8, 2017) – Today, all Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent letters to all Cabinet Secretaries and other federal agency heads requesting documents about how their Departments are spending federal taxpayer funds on products or services provided by businesses owned by or affiliated with the Trump Organization.


August 7, 2017

Cummings, Conyers, Connolly, Cicilline Request Documents about

President Trump's Regulatory Task Forces' Secret Meetings and Conflicts of Interest


August 3, 2017

Cummings Requests Information about General Flynn's Foreign Contacts

Flynn Friend and Former Business Partner Told Investigators

Flynn Would Have Work Related Foreign Contacts


August 1, 2017

Cummings, Lofgren Launch Investigation into
Reports Of CBP Illegally Turning Away Asylum Seekers