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January 12, 2018
Washington, D.C. (Jan. 12, 2018)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on National Security, sent a letter to Chairman Trey Gowdy requesting the Committee issue subpoenas to compel the White House and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to finally produce documents and communications they have been withholding from Congress for more than three months regarding the Trump Administration's efforts to suppress and doctor a recent report highlighting the positive net economic contributions of refugees.

January 11, 2018

Oversight Dems Insist That Gowdy Finally Start Investigating President's Compliance with Emoluments Clause of U.S. Constitution

Request for Subpoena Comes on One-Year Anniversary of

President Trump's Press Conference


January 9, 2018

Democratic Ranking Members Send Letter to Speaker Ryan on House Republicans' Refusal to Fully Investigate Russia's Threat to Our Democracy and National Security


January 8, 2018

Pelosi, Ranking Members to Hold Press Conference on House Republicans' Inaction to Sufficiently Investigate Russia's Threat to Our Democracy

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December 21, 2017

Washington, D.C. (Dec. 21, 2017)—Today, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a new report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) detailing how drug company profits have skyrocketed over the past decade as prescription drug prices have continued to escalate for American consumers.


December 21, 2017

Washington, D.C. (Dec. 21, 2017)—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 emergency interview Republicans called this morning with Andrew McCabe, the Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), less than 48 hours after he appeared before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:


December 20, 2017

On December 19, 2017, Ranking Member Cummings sent a letter to Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney requesting copies of the final downsizing plans that the Trump Administration directed each agency to submit to OMB by the end of September.


December 20, 2017

Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and Rep. Elijah E.