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Washington, D.C. (Oct. 10, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.
| Washington, D.C. (Oct. 2, 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 a new report from the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security detailing how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) failed to exercise adequate oversight of contractors tasked with clean-up efforts in Florida and Georgia after Hurricane Irma: |
| Washington, D.C. (Oct. 2, 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 a new report from the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security detailing how the Trump Administration was woefully unprepared to handle the impact of separating thousands of children from their families: |
| Washington, D.C. (Oct. 2, 2018)—Tomorrow, October 3, 2018, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will participate in a panel discussion at a Brookings Institution forum, "The Rule of Law Crisis: Where Are We Now and What is to Come?" Cummings will participate in the second panel, which will focus on oversight. |
Washington, D.C. (Sept. 28, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, delivered a floor statement applauding passage of the Substance Abuse Prevention Act, which reauthorizes and reforms the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP). This legislation was based on H.R. 5925, the Coordinated Response through Interagency Strategy and Information Sharing (CRISIS) Act, bipartisan legislation that passed the House on June 20, 2018.
Washington, DC (Sept. 27, 2018)—Today, during a business meeting of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Republicans blocked consideration of 11 more Democratic requests to allow Committee Members to offer, debate, and vote on subpoenas—bringing the total number of subpoena motions denied by Oversight Committee Republicans during Donald Trump's Presidency to 64.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the announcement that a new subpoena has been issued as part of the continuing Republican investigation into the actions of the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ):
Washington, D.C. (Sept. 26, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a Report of Investigation issued by the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security regarding FEMA Administrator Brock Long's improper use of government vehicles for personal travel.