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Cummings Leads 50 House Members in
Urging President Trump to Negotiate
Lower Prices for Lifesaving Drug
Cummings Leads 50 House Members in
Urging President Trump to Negotiate
Lower Prices for Lifesaving Drug
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).
The Republican Bill to Repeal the Affordable Care Act and Slash Medicaid Will Hurt Children with Severe Disabilities and Special Health Care Needs
The Democratic staff of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform prepared state-specific reports examining the devastating effects that Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act and slash Medicaid funding would have on children with severe disabilities and special health care needs who rely on these programs to survive.
MEDIA ADVISORY
Washington, DC (June 26, 2017)—Today, Democratic Members of Congress will hold a media availability after they tour Children's National Medical Center and meet with patients and their families. More than half of the patients at Children's National are on Medicaid.
Members Meet with Patients and Families at Children's National Medical Center
Washington, D.C. (June 27, 2017) – Today, top Democrats in the House of Representatives released state-specific reports examining the devastating effects that Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and slash Medicaid funding would have on children with severe disabilities and special health care needs who rely on these programs to survive.
Washington, DC (June 23, 2017)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Mark Meadows, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, introduced legislation to add more flexibility for federal employees and retirees to withdraw funds from their accounts under the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP).
Cummings and Welch to Trump: Drug Proposal Would Be a "Betrayal" and Grant Pharma's Wish List
Washington, DC (June 21, 2017)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep.