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March 8, 2017

Warren, Carper and Cummings Question White House Counsel About Jared Kushner's Compliance with Conflict-of-Interest Laws

Full text of the letter available here (PDF)


March 8, 2017

Cummings and Welch Propose Medicare Drug Negotiation Bill in Meeting With President


March 7, 2017

Cummings to Meet with President on Lowering Prescription Drug Prices

Will be Joined by Rep. Welch and Johns Hopkins Hospital President Miller


March 3, 2017

MUST SEE: New Video on Even More Ties

Between Trump Advisers and Russian Officials

Washington, D.C. (Mar. 3, 2017)—Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released a video on new revelations about communications between President Donald Trump's advisers and the Russians.


March 2, 2017

Democratic Report Examines the Impact of ACA Repeal, Particularly in Republican Congressional Districts


March 2, 2017

Cummings Calls for "Full Accounting" of Trump Advisers' Communications with Russians


March 1, 2017

Cummings Calls for Attorney General's Resignation After Revelation about Communications with Russians

Washington, D.C. (March 1, 2017) – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a report that then-Senator and Donald Trump campaign advisor Jeff Sessions spoke with Russia's ambassador to the United States last year—contrary to testimony he provided under oath during his confirmation hearing to become Attorney General:


February 28, 2017

Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act Introduced to Help Lower Skyrocketing Cost of Medicine

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 – Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Bob Casey (D-Penn.) introduced legislation Tuesday to lower the skyrocketing cost of prescription drugs by allowing Americans to import safe, low-cost medicine from Canada. Reps. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.) and Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) introduced a companion bill in the House.


February 28, 2017

Cummings Opposes Legislation to Prioritize Corporate Profits Over Public Health and Safety

Washington, D.C. (Feb. 28, 2017)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, spoke on the House floor, in opposition to H.R. 998, the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2017, or SCRUB Act.


February 27, 2017

Cummings Responds to Trump Administration's Alleged Efforts to Politicize Investigation of its Ties to Russia