Press Releases
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 26, 2019)—Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, issued the following statements after the House passed legislation to prevent the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) from having no members when the current and sole Board member's term expires on March 1, 2019.
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 25, 2019)—Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep. Don Young (R-AK) introduced the Federal Labor-Management Partnerships Act, a bill to reinstate advisory panels that promote dialogue and foster partnerships between labor and federal agency management. First established nearly 25 years ago, the panels were disbanded by President Donald Trump in September 2017.
Today, the chairs of six committees in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to Attorney General William Barr to inform him of their expectation that he will make Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report public "without delay and to the maximum extent permitted by law." The letter follows news reports that suggest the Special Counsel investigation is nearing an end.
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Washington, D.C. (Feb. 20, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced that the Committee has rescheduled its public hearing with President Donald Trump's longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, for 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, in room 2154 of the Rayburn House Office Building:
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 19, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued an interim staff report after multiple whistleblowers came forward to warn about efforts inside the White House to rush the transfer of highly sensitive U.S.
Today, House and Senate Democrats sent Education Secretary Betsy DeVos a second request for information regarding an abandoned effort to replace the Department's Acting Inspector General, an independent watchdog tasked with investigating allegations of fraud, waste, and criminal wrongdoing within the agency.
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 15, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.
Eight House Committee leaders sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney today requesting an immediate extension of public comment periods, hearings and meetings that were affected by the government shutdown earlier this year.