Press Releases
Washington, D.C. (July 23, 2018)—On Friday, July 27, 2018, at 10 am, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Elizabeth Warren will hold a roundtable with Members of Congress, Baltimore officials, and community representatives to discuss the challenges they face in combating the opioid epidemic and the urgent need for new resources to expand treatment.
| 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. (July 16, 2018)—Today, the House of Representatives voted unanimously to pass legislation authored by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to modernize the way the federal government preserves email records.
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.
Washington, D.C. (July 16, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin:
"Our nation has never looked so powerless and so weak on the international stage, with President Trump actually claiming that all he can do is ‘ask the question'—and suggesting that he has none of the formidable tools of the mightiest nation on Earth.
Washington, D.C. (July 13, 2018)—Today, the Inspector General Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a new report concluding that former Secretary Tom Price wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars traveling around the country on private chartered flights. The report found:
| Washington, D.C. (July 13, 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 the announcement by the Department of Justice that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 12 additional Russian officials for interfering in the 2016 election: |
Washington, D.C. (July 13, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.