Press Releases
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-11) and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07) sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting a review of maintenance practices for foreclosed and real estate owned (REO) properties to identify any gaps which may contribute to property neglect in certain communities.
Washington, D.C.—Today, Vice Ranking Member Gerry Connolly (D-VA) and Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy demanding a hearing with Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats after several Republican Members of Congress raised concerns that they believe President Trump is being manipulated by President Vladimir Putin.
Cummings and Connolly wrote:
Washington, D.C. (July 24, 2018)—Today, during a hearing on election security before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Chairman Trey Gowdy, Subcommittee Chairman Will Hurd, and all other Republicans present voted against a motion offered by Vice Ranking Member Gerry Connolly to subpoena the Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to testify before the Committee.
Washington, DC – Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 25, join Reps. Doggett, Welch, and Cummings as they unveil new legislation to address the prescription drug affordability crisis: The Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act. As Republicans continue to fail to address soaring healthcare costs and even promote health tax shelters for the well-off this week, they ignore the needs of working families.
Washington, DC (July 23, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to press reports that President Donald Trump is considering revoking security clearances from former CIA Director John Brennan and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper:
Washington, D.C.— Congresswoman Alma S. Adams, Ph.D. (NC-12) and House Oversight and Government Reform (OGR) Committee Ranking Member Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD-07) co-led a letter along with twenty-five Members of Congress requesting Committee Chairman Gowdy convene a hearing to examine the Trump Administration's poor record on diversity in the federal workforce.
The full letter can be found here.
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.