Census

Washington, D.C. (May 7, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent letters seeking transcribed interviews with eight current and former officials as part of two Committee investigations into the addition of a citizenship question to the 2020 Census and the Secretary of the Interior's compliance with federal record-keeping laws. Previous requests for seven of these eight for interviews have been denied or have gone unanswered.

Washington, D.C. (Apr. 24, 2019)— Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after Attorney General William Barr ordered John Gore, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, to defy a bipartisan subpoena to appear at a deposition tomorrow relating to the Administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census:

Washington, D.C. (Apr. 2, 2019)—Today, the Committee on Oversight and Reform voted to authorize Chairman Elijah E. Cummings to issue a subpoena for testimony to President Trump's former White House Personnel Security Director and three additional subpoenas relating to the Trump Administration's secret efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. One Republican Committee Member voted in favor of the census-related subpoenas.

Cummings has now served all four subpoenas.

Security Clearance Subpoena

Washington, D.C. (Mar. 14, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, released a supplemental memo during a hearing with Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross on the addition of the citizenship question to the 2020 Census.

Washington, D.C. (Jan. 22, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will be testifying before the Oversight Committee on March 14, 2019: