National Security Issues

Washington, D.C. (Mar. 27, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep.

Cummings and Lynch Raise "Grave Concerns"

About Rapidly Deteriorating Security Situation in

Afghanistan Under President Trump's Strategy

Top Dems Also Seek Documents on Trump Administration

Now Retroactively Classifying Information on Policy Failures

Republicans Block 13 More Subpoena Motions—

Including for White House Security Clearance Docs

Total of 32 Subpoenas Have Now Been Rejected by

Oversight Committee Since Trump Became President

White House and State Department Conducted

"Cleaning" of Career Employees They Believed

Not Sufficiently "Supportive" of Trump Agenda

Ranking Members Cummings and Engel Release Whistleblower Documents;

Request New Documents and Transcribed Interviews with Senior Officials

Democrats Seek Votes on 13 More Subpoena

Motions at Thursday's Oversight Committee Markup

Cummings Issues Statement on Letter from

Gowdy and Goodlatte Seeking Special Counsel on FISA

Washington, D.C. (Mar. 6, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy and Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte's call for a second special counsel to investigate "potential bias and potential conflicts of interest" in the decisions of the Department of Justice in 2016 and 2017:

Cummings Asks Gowdy to Obtain

White House Documents on Niger Ambush

Washington, D.C. (Feb. 8, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.