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Washington, D.C. (July 5, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E.
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Mark DeSaulnier and Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee Elijah E. Cummings sent a letter requesting that Chairman Trey Gowdy issue a subpoena to compel the Department of Justice (DOJ) to produce documents it is withholding related to an internal 2006 report that Purdue Pharma knew of significant abuses of its drug OxyContin shortly after it was brought to market in 1996.
Washington, D.C. (July 2, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. Peter T. King (R-NY), and former Reps. William "Bill" Clay Sr. (D-MO) and Jim Leach (R-IA), filed an amicus brief in the case of AFGE, AFL-CIO et al. v.
Washington, DC - In a letter sent today to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Representative Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) called on the SEC to investigate whether Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross violated insider trading or other securities laws as a result of his investment activities related to Navigator Holdings Ltd - a company with ties to associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Washington, D.C. (June 28, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement at the conclusion of House Republicans' so-called "Opioid Week," which actually extended over parts of the past two weeks:
Washington, D.C. (June 27, 2018)—Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after a 11-hour long interview with FBI Agent Peter Strzok:
| Washington, D.C. – Today, the Democratic Ranking Members of eight House Committees with jurisdiction over the Department of Commerce sent a letter to the Agency's Inspector General, Peggy Gustafson, requesting an investigation into Secretary Wilbur Ross's compliance with federal ethics requirements, his ongoing issues with conflicts of interest, |
Washington, D.C. (June 27, 2018)—Today, during a hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings pleaded directly with his Republican colleagues to join a letter sent earlier this week by all Committee Democrats seeking basic documents from the Trump Administration to help thousands of immigrant children reunite with their parents.