Press Releases
June 26, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 26, 2025)— Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government reform, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, sent a letter to the U.S.
Subcommittees
June 25, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 25, 2025)—Below is Ranking Member Raja Krishnamoorthi’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services hearing on Republicans’ efforts to politicize diversity, equity, and inclusion programs to bolster the Trump Administration’s extremist right-wing agenda.
Issues:
Gender Equity
Racial Equity
June 24, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 24, 2025)— Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a statement on House Oversight Republicans’ first transcribed interview of the 119th Congress, which only served to refute Republican claims:
Subcommittees
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Administration
June 24, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 24, 2025)—Below is Rep. Kweisi Mfume’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing on President Trump’s efforts to undermine the independence of the Postal Service and the failure of Trump-appointed Former Postmaster General’s “Delivering for America Plan.”
Subcommittees
Issues:
Postal Service
June 24, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 24, 2025)— Today, Rep. Robert Garcia released the following statement after House Democrats selected him to serve as Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. He was elected by a vote of 150-63.
Subcommittees
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Congress
June 24, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 24, 2025)—Below is Ranking Member Shontel Brown’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation hearing on the current state of quantum computing and the technology’s impact on national security, privacy, and safety.
Subcommittees
Issues:
Technology/Privacy
June 24, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 24, 2025)—Below is an opening statement from Rep. Melanie Stansbury, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency. The remarks were delivered at today’s hearing, wherein Chairwoman Greene and Committee Republicans defended the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) cruel, costly, and reckless cuts to the federal workforce and the vital programs and services American families rely on.
Issues:
DOGE
June 23, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 23, 2025)— Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a statement on House Republicans’ targeted attacks on the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO), which include a 49% proposed cut in funding and a unilateral prohibition on GAO holding the Administration accountable for illegal impoundments of congressionally appropriated funding:
Subcommittees
Issues:
Congress
Ethics and Transparency
June 23, 2025
Washington, D.C. (June 23, 2025)— Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, Acting Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, and Rep. Suhas Subramanyam, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Military and Foreign Affairs, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. reiterating requests for information from Committee Democrats that have gone unanswered on the Trump Administration’s rollback of lifesaving food inspection and disease surveillance activities, the firing of thousands of workers from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and HHS, and failure to inform the American public about the spread of life-threatening infectious diseases.
Subcommittees
Issues:
Administration
Health Care