Press Releases
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 5, 2020)—Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, released a staff memo detailing new information uncovered in the Subcommittee's investigation of the youth vaping epidemic.
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 5, 2020)—Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement on the House floor in support of S.394, the Presidential Transition Enhancement Act, a bill to strengthen the ethics requirements for presidential transition team members.
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 4, 2020)—Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Senator Elizabeth Warren, a member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, sent a letter asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to examine the total annual medical costs associated with gun violence in the United States.
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 3, 2020)—Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced that James Carroll, the Director of the Office of the National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), has agreed to testify at a hearing on February 27, 2020. The hearing will examine the recently released 2020 National Drug Control Strategy and the Administration's response to the ongoing drug epidemic.
Chairwoman Maloney issued a statement following the release of the 2020 National Drug Control Strategy today:
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 3, 2020)—Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter warning Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos that the Committee may issue a subpoena to compel her testimony following her refusal to appear at a public hearing and instead attend campaign events in Iowa and Pennsylvania this week on behalf of President Trump.
WASHINGTON— Congressional leaders called on Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf to immediately halt implementation of the Trump Administration's new asylum programs, Prompt Asylum Claim Review (PACR) and the Humanitarian Asylum Review Process (HARP). These programs do not help asylum seekers but instead systematically deny them due process, leave them in life-threatening circumstances, and ultimately deny the opportunity to justly seek asylum in the United States.
Washington, D.C. (Jan. 30, 2020)—Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, launched a new investigation into extremely troubling reports about the underage use of dating applications; and inappropriately selling or sharing personal data.
Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced that the Committee will markup H.R. 51, the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, on February 11, 2020.
This week, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, held a hearing entitled, "75 Years After the Holocaust: The Ongoing Battle Against Hate," in recognition of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
This was the latest in a series of hearings being held by the Committee during the 116th Congress to combat bigotry, discrimination, and hate of all kinds.
Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, along with the Chairmen of the Subcommittees on Government Operations, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Economic and Consumer Policy, and Environment, announced that four Subcommittees will hold an in-depth, two-day series of hearings to examine the negative effects of regulations proposed by the Trump Administration relating to children's poverty, housing, hunger, and health.