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October 12, 2017
WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) sent a letter to Governor Rick Snyder (R-MI) requesting that he clarify, amend or supplement his previous testimony before the Committee regarding when he first learned about the outbreak of Legionnaires' disease in Flint, Michigan.
Issues: Flint

October 12, 2017

Top Committee Democrats Request GAO Inquiry into EPA's Misuse of Taxpayer Dollars to Undermine Clean Water Rule


October 11, 2017

Cummings Issues Statement in Response to Top

Aide of Governor Rick Snyder Contradicting

Governor's Flint Water Crisis Testimony

Issues: Flint

October 11, 2017

Cummings Investigates Reports of Retaliation

Against Senior Career Officials at Interior Dept.

Letter to Zinke Seeks Docs About Massive Reassignments As

Top Agency Climate Change Expert Resigns in Protest


October 11, 2017

Cummings Requests White House

Documents on Hurricane Response in

Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands


October 10, 2017

Investigation Shows Trump Transition Ignored Ethics Officials and Refused to Cooperate with GAO

Lawmakers to Introduce Legislation Addressing Lack of Ethics Compliance Laws Governing Presidential Transitions

Full text of the report available here (PDF)


October 6, 2017

Cummings Investigates Alarming Report of

Violent Criminals Being Given Security Clearances


October 5, 2017

Cummings Issues Statement on Latest

Inspector General Report on

IRS Review of Applicants for Tax Exempt Status


October 5, 2017

Cummings Sends Email Preservation Letters to

Ivanka, Kushner, Trump Org, Others

Asks FBI to Conduct Security Review of

Nongovernmental Email Accounts, Domains, and Servers


October 5, 2017

Oversight Dems Request Hearings on

"Degradation of the Federal Workforce"

Under Trump Administration

Members Ask Gowdy to Obtain "Downsizing Plans"

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