Press Releases
Washington, D.C. (June 27, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform—the Committee with jurisdiction over federal employees—issued the following statement in response to the Supreme Court's decision in the case of Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees:
Washington, D.C. (June 26, 2018)—Today, Rep. Robert C. "Bobby" Scott, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Rep. Elijah E.
Washington, D.C. (June 26, 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 Supreme Court's 5 to 4 decision upholding President Donald Trump's Muslim ban:
Washington, D.C. (June 22, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, led all Democratic Committee Members in sending a letter demanding that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristjen M. Nielsen, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M.
| Washington, D.C. (June 22, 2018)—Today, Congress passed and sent to the President's desk bipartisan legislation introduced by Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to make permanent a pilot program under the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act that allows federal employees who blow the whistle to file appeals wherever they work or live rather than only in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. |
Washington, D.C. (June 20, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on Commerce Secretary Ross' supplemental memo regarding the administrative record on Census litigation.
Washington, D.C. (June 20, 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 Executive Order reversing his family separation policy:
Washington, D.C. (June 20, 2018)—Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings and all Democrats on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar requesting documents on the proposed gag rule for the Title X National Family Planning Program, which would impede women's access to critical information about their healthcare.
Washington, D.C. (June 19, 2018)—Today, during a joint hearing before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on the Judiciary regarding Hillary Clinton's emails, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings diverted from his prepared remarks to issue an impassioned and blunt condemnation of President Donald Trump's new policy of separating children from their parents at the border. Facing his Republican counterparts directly, he implored them to "stand up to President Trump" and to "stand up for those children."
| WASHINGTON—Today, Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Rep. Elijah E. |