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September 2017

September 29, 2017

BREAKING:

Oversight Dems Seek Emergency Hearing

on Trump Administration's Response to

Devastation in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands


September 29, 2017

Cummings and Krishnamoorthi Request Info. on

Trump Administration's Decision to Schedule

Major Outages of HealthCare.gov During Open Enrollment


September 29, 2017

Cummings Urges Speaker Ryan to Finally

Schedule Vote on Bipartisan Postal Reform Bill

After Missed Payment to Retirement System

Issues: Postal Service

September 29, 2017

Warren, Cummings Release GAO Report Confirming 2014 Dodd Frank Rollbacks Resulted in Giant Giveaways for Big Banks

Investigation Reveals Banks Retained Over $10 Trillion in Risky Swaps Trades

A summary of the report is available here (PDF)
The full text of the report is available here (PDF)


September 28, 2017

Cummings Tweets at President Trump to Urge Immediate Action to Lower Drug Prices

Washington, DC (Sept. 28, 2017)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent multiple tweets directly to President Donald Trump urging him to take immediate action to lower the price of a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) drug that the U.S. government owns, but licenses to a drug company that is charging an outrageous $87,000 per year:


September 27, 2017

Gowdy, Cummings Investigate Federal Agency Travel

Letter seeks information on use of private aircrafts for official travel

WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) sent letters to the White House and 24 federal agencies requesting information related to senior officials' use of government-owned aircraft or private non-commercial aircraft for official and personal travel.

 

The letter states:


September 27, 2017

House Members Demand Trump Provide Better Maria Response

145 Lawmakers Call on Department of Defense to Deploy Life-Saving Resources


September 26, 2017

After Equifax CEO Resigns,

All Democrats on Oversight and Science

Committees Call for Hearings on Breach

Chairmen Declined Democratic Requests for

"Critical Documents Regarding These Topics"