Press Releases
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.
Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the Committee on the Judiciary, released a joint statement after former FBI Deputy Assistant Director Peter Strzok testified during a joint Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing for more than 9 hours:
Washington, D.C. (July 12, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.
Washington, D.C. (July 12, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.
Washington, D.C. (July 12, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.