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May 23, 2018

Over 30 Senate, House Democrats Press Trump Administration to Explain How Late Addition of Census Citizenship Question Will Comply with Federal Law

Lawmakers demand answers from Administrator Rao, Secretary Ross following rushed decision to add untested citizenship question to the 2020 Census


May 23, 2018

Cummings Issues Statement in Response

to the Office of Special Counsel

Obtaining Settlements for Three TSA Whistleblowers


May 23, 2018

Republicans Block Gomez Resolution Compelling

Trump Administration to Produce Documents on

Addition of Citizenship Question to 2020 Census


May 23, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Representative Elijah E.

Issues: Census

May 22, 2018

Maloney, Cummings Request Hearing on Trump Administration's New Policy Separating Children from Families at Border

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, requested that Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy hold a hearing to investigate the Department of Homeland Security's decision to enact an official policy of forcibly separating immigrant children from their parents at the border.


May 21, 2018
Washington, DC (May 21, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter requesting that Chairman Trey Gowdy place 12 motions for subpoenas on the agenda for the Committee's upcoming business meeting on Wednesday, May 23, 2018.

May 18, 2018
Washington, D.C. (May 18, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, wrote a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the White House and State Department to produce documents they are withholding relating to alleged attempts by political officials to conduct a "cleaning" of career State Department employees they deemed not sufficiently "supportive" of President Trump's agenda.

May 18, 2018
Washington, D.C. (May 18, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, wrote a letter asking Chairman Trey Gowdy to issue a subpoena to compel the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to produce documents it is withholding regarding efforts by the Trump Administration to scrub information about breast cancer, preventive services guaranteed by the Affordable Care Act, and various LGBTQ health issues from the websites of the Department's Office of Women's Health.