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February 27, 2017

Sanders, Cummings, Booker, Casey, Doggett, Heinrich, King to Unveil Drug Importation Bill to Help Lower Prescription Drug Costs for Middle Class Families

Members of Congress Have Reached Agreement on Language to Allow Importation While Maintaining Drug Safety


February 21, 2017

Cummings Issues Statement on President Trump's Mass Deportation Plan

Washington, D.C. (Feb. 21, 2017)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on new Department of Homeland Security memos outlining the Trump Administration's mass deportation plan:


February 17, 2017

PROTECTING OUR DEMOCRACY ACT GAINS FIRST REPUBLICAN COSPONSOR

WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Eric Swalwell (CA-15) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD-07) on Friday praised Rep. Walter B. Jones (NC-3) for becoming the first House Republican to cosponsor their H.R. 356, the Protecting Our Democracy Act, to create an independent, bipartisan commission to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election.


February 17, 2017

VA Official Testifies That President Trump's Hiring Ban Could Harm Veterans Health

Connolly Praises Work of Union in Protecting VA Whistleblowers


February 16, 2017

Cummings Condemns GOP "Leak" Investigation While They Ignore Michael Flynn's Lies and Russia Ties

Chaffetz Appears to Be Taking Marching Orders Directly from Trump


February 16, 2017

Oversight Committee Requests Sources And Amounts of Foreign Funding to Flynn for Trip to Moscow

Pentagon Now Says No Evidence That Flynn Reported His Dinner with Putin—Or His Payment— In Possible Violation of Constitution


February 16, 2017

Warren, Cummings, Udall and Whitehouse Request GAO Immediately Review President Trump's Apparent Violation of National Security Protocols at Mar-a-Lago

Washington, D.C. (Feb. 16, 2017)—Today, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA.), Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Sens.


February 16, 2017

Cummings Issues Statement in Response to President Trump's Press Conference

Washington, D.C. (Feb. 16, 2017)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's press conference:

"I have no idea why President Trump would make up a story about me like he did today. Of course, Senator Schumer never told me to skip a meeting with the President.


February 15, 2017

ALL HOUSE JUDICIARY & OVERSIGHT DEMS CALL FOR FULL MEMBER BRIEFING ON FLYNN THIS WEEK

After Contradictory White House Press Briefing, Members Say DOJ And FBI Briefing More Important Than Ever


February 15, 2017

Top Dems Request Info from White House Counsel on Reports He Was Warned about Flynn's False Statements on Russia

Washington, D.C. (Feb. 15, 2017) – Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, John Conyers, Jr., Eliot L. Engel, Bennie G.