Ethics and Transparency
Ethics and Transparency
Ranking Member Cummings is committed to investigating the President's unprecedented vast global entanglements, financial conflicts of interest, and penchant for secrecy, including his refusal to release his tax returns. He is also conducting oversight of the Administration's troubling pattern of misguided and politically-motivated attacks on government watchdogs, ethics experts, law enforcement officials, and career government employees.
Chairwoman Maloney is committed to strengthening government ethics, oversight, and transparency. She has conducted vigorous oversight to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in government such as investigations into TransDigm Group Inc.'s price-gouging of the Department of Defense and Emergent BioSolutions, Inc.'s manufacturing failures that led to the destruction of millions of coronavirus vaccines. She has passed legislation in the House to enhance the independence of Inspectors General, who provide independent oversight and safeguard taxpayers' money, and worked to improve the implementation of the Freedom of Information Act, which allows the public to obtain information about the activities of its government.
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Washington, D.C.—Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement in response to the Committee’s vote to subpoena the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release files relating to child sex trafficker and Trump’s longtime friend Jeffrey Epstein as a result of an oversight motion led by Rep. Summer L.
Washington, D.C.– Today, Ranking Member Robert Garcia released the following statement in response to the decision made by House Republicans to end Congress early and flee Washington, D.C., rather than vote to release the Epstein files. This comes after the House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein’s confidante, for information regarding the files.
Washington, D.C. (June 26, 2025)— Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, sent a letter to the U.S.