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September 13, 2017

New Documents From Flynn's Business Colleagues Confirm

Middle East Trip and Foreign Contacts That He Withheld From

Security Clearance Investigators—A Potential Crime

New Letter from Cummings and Engel Seeks Info on Whether

Flynn Secretly Worked from Inside the White House on Scheme to

Partner with Russia to Build Nuclear Reactors in Saudi Arabia


September 13, 2017

Cummings Applauds Committee Passage of Bipartisan Secret Service Overtime Pay Bill

Washington, D.C. (Sept. 13, 2017)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after the Committee unanimously passed H.R. 3731, the Secret Service Recruitment and Retention Act of 2017, a bipartisan bill he introduced along with Rep. John Katko to ensure that the men and women of the U.S. Secret Service are paid for the overtime they work in 2017 and 2018:


September 11, 2017

NEWS FROM THE U.S. SENATE &

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 11, 2017

Udall, Blumenthal, Whitehouse, Peters, Cummings to DHS IG: Does Trump Use of Private Residences Jeopardize Secret Service's Compliance with Federal Law?

Request review to determine whether Trump family's unprecedented use of multiple private properties complies with Presidential Protection Assistance Act


September 11, 2017

Katko, Cummings Lead Bipartisan Bill to

Fund Overtime Pay for Secret Service


September 8, 2017

Katko, Cummings Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Place Harriet Tubman on $20 Bill

Washington, D.C. (September 8, 2017)Today, U.S. Representatives John Katko (NY-24) and Elijah Cummings (MD-7) today renewed their bipartisan effort to honor the life of Harriet Tubman—introducing The Harriet Tubman Tribute Act, which would require the Secretary of the Treasury to place Harriet Tubman's likeness on the $20 bill beginning in 2020. Cummings and Katko introduced similar legislation in June 2015.


September 7, 2017

Cummings and Jeffries Question HUD on Report of Potential Sale of Starrett City


September 7, 2017

Reps. Jimmy Gomez, Elijah Cummings, John Conyers, Jr., and Zoe Lofgren Seek Immediate Hearings on President's Decision to End DACA


September 5, 2017

Cummings Statement on President Trump's Decision to End DACA Program

President Breaks Promise to DREAMers

Washington, D.C. (September 5, 2017) – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on President Donald Trump's announcement that he will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:


August 18, 2017

Maryland Congress Members Investigate Reports of

Kushner Companies Engaging in Abusive Rental Practices


August 17, 2017

Cummings and Welch Launch Investigation of Drug Companies' Skyrocketing Prices for MS Drugs

Washington, D.C. (August 17, 2017)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont, a senior Democrat on both the Oversight Committee and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, sent letters to seven pharmaceutical companies requesting information about their pricing strategies for drugs used to treat Multiple Sclerosis (MS).