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Cummings Urges Gowdy to Hold Hearing with Outgoing OGE Director on Need for Stronger Ethics Regulations
July 6, 2017
Press Release
Washington, D.C. (July 6, 2017) – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy urging him to convene a hearing with Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Director Walter M. Shaub, Jr. about the need for stronger ethics regulations.
Issues: Administration Ethics and Transparency
Office of Government Ethics Reports Top White House Ethics Official to White House Counsel for Potential Ethics Breach
June 29, 2017
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Office of Government Ethics Reports Top White House Ethics Official to White House Counsel for Potential Ethics Breach

In Response to Inquiry from Warren, Whitehouse, Carper, Leahy, and Cummings, OGE Raises Questions about Whether Stefan Passantino Appropriately Recused Himself from Matters Related to Carl Icahn

Text of the letter (PDF)

Issues: Administration Ethics and Transparency
Oversight, Judiciary Dems Ask DOJ Inspector General to Investigate Whether Attorney General Violated Recusal in Comey Firing
June 29, 2017
Press Release
Washington, DC (June 29, 2017)—Today, all Democrats on the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary sent a letter to the Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz requesting an investigation into whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions violated his recusal when he participated in President Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey.
Issues: Administration Russia
Cummings and Welch to Trump: Drug Proposal Would Be a “Betrayal” and Grant Pharma’s Wish List
June 21, 2017
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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.

Issues: Administration Health Care Investigation of Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices
Cummings and Cartwright Urge Mulvaney to Abandon His Proposal to Eliminate Conference Reporting Requirements
June 21, 2017
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Cummings and Cartwright Urge Mulvaney to Abandon His Proposal to Eliminate Conference Reporting Requirements


OMB Director Testifies Today Before

House Appropriations Committee

Issues: Administration Ethics and Transparency
Oversight Dems Press the White House to Explain Why Kushner’s Clearance Has Not Been Suspended During Ongoing Investigation
June 21, 2017
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Oversight Dems Press the White House to Explain Why Kushner's Clearance Has Not Been Suspended During Ongoing Investigation

Like Flynn, Kushner Failed to Disclose Meetings with Russians

Issues: Administration Ethics and Transparency Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn Security Clearances
Top Dems Raise New Concerns About Flynn’s Work on Saudi-Russian Nuclear Proposal
June 19, 2017
Press Release

Washington, D.C. (June 19, 2017)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings and Rep. Eliot L.

Issues: Administration Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn
Attorney General Sessions Declines to Testify Before Oversight Committee on Withholding “Fast and Furious” Documents
June 7, 2017
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Attorney General Sessions Declines to Testify Before Oversight Committee on Withholding "Fast and Furious" Documents

Will Not Send Other DOJ Officials or Answer Any Written Questions

Issues: Administration Ethics and Transparency
Oversight Democrats Challenge New Trump Administration Policy on Refusing Democratic Inquiries
June 5, 2017
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Oversight Democrats Challenge New Trump Administration Policy on Refusing Democratic Inquiries

Invoke "Seven Member Rule" Under 89-Year-Old Statute To Demand Documents Relating to Trump Hotel

Issues: Administration Trump Hotel in Washington, DC
Cummings Requests Documents on President’s Effort to Press NSA Director and DNI to Counter FBI’s Russia Probe
May 30, 2017
Press Release
Washington, D.C. (May 30, 2017 )—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats and a letter to National Security Agency Director Michael Rogers requesting "all documents, communications, memoranda, notes, and recordings" relating to their conversations with President Donald Trump relating to the ongoing counterintelligence, criminal, or congressional investigations involving Russia, the 2016 presidential election, or any individuals affiliated with the President's campaign.
Issues: Administration Russia
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