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| Washington, D.C. – Tonight, Ranking Members Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) of the House Judiciary Committee, Elijah Cummings (D-MD) of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Adam Schiff (D-CA) of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence issued the following joint statement after Representatives Mark Meadows (R-NC) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) introduced Articles of Impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein along with 9 of their House Republican colleagues: |
Washington, D.C.—Today, Vice Ranking Member Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy demanding a hearing with Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats after several Republican Members of Congress raised concerns that they believe President Trump is being manipulated by President Vladimir Putin.
Cummings and Connolly wrote:
Washington, D.C. (July 24, 2018)—Today, during a hearing on election security before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Chairman Trey Gowdy, Subcommittee Chairman Will Hurd, and all other Republicans present voted against a motion offered by Vice Ranking Member Gerry Connolly to subpoena the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to testify before the Committee.
Washington, DC (July 23, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to press reports that President Donald Trump is considering revoking security clearances from former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper:
Washington, D.C.— Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) and House Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) Committee Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD-07) co-led a letter along with twenty-five Members of Congress requesting Committee Chairman Gowdy convene a hearing to examine the Trump Administration's poor record on diversity in the federal workforce.
The full letter can be found here.
| Washington, D.C. (July 19, 2018)—Yesterday, in a seemingly coordinated attempt to quell widespread criticism of President Donald Trump's child separation policy and his Administration's failure to reunite these children with their parents, the Departments of Justice, Homeland Security, and Health and Human Services conducted three separate briefings at 11 am, 1 pm, and 4 pm for the Committees on the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, and Homeland Security, respectively. |
| WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democracy Reform Task Force Chair Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) today joined House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) and House Administration Committee Ranking Member Robert A. |
Washington, DC (July 17, 2018)—Today, during a business meeting of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Republicans blocked consideration of six more Democratic requests to allow 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 52.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Representatives Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), the Ranking Member of the Government Operations Subcommittee, sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Mark Meadows (R-NC) requesting a hearing on President Trump's recent Executive Order to except administrative law judges from the competitive service.