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February 15, 2017

Cummings Issues Statement on Retirement of U.S. Secret Service Director

Washington, D.C. (Feb. 15, 2017) – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after U.S. Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy announced his retirement:


February 14, 2017

CONYERS & CUMMINGS CALL FOR IMMEDIATE BRIEFING ON ALARMING NEW DISCLOSURES CONCERNING FLYNN BEING SUBJECT TO RUSSIAN BLACKMAIL

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following joint statement:


February 14, 2017

Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings

Democratic Leader Press Conference on Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn

February 14, 2017—12:30

Let me begin by asking everyone in this room a question. Do you hear that? Do you hear that silence? That is the sound of House Republicans conducting no oversight of President Trump. That is what it sounds like when they abdicate their duty under the Constitution.


February 13, 2017

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Marathon Pharmaceuticals Monday demanding answers about its plan to charge $89,000 per year for deflazacort, a drug that is widely available abroad for approximately $1,000 per year.


February 13, 2017

Washington, D.C. (Feb. 13, 2017)—Today, all Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent a letter to Chairman Jason Chaffetz urging him to reconsider his repeated refusals over the past several months to join Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings in investigating Lt. General Michael Flynn and his ties to Russia.


February 13, 2017

Washington, DC – Today, Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following joint statement:


February 12, 2017

Washington, D.C. (Feb. 12, 2017) —Appearing this morning on ABC's This Week with George Stehpanopoulos, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, called directly on President Donald Trump to immediately explain to the American people whether he knew about—or even directed—Lt. Gen.


February 9, 2017

Cummings Asks Chaffetz to Refer Top Trump Aide for Potential Disciplinary Action

Kellyanne Conway's Nationally Televised Pitch for Ivanka Trump's Clothing Line Appears to Be "Textbook Violation of Government Ethics Laws"


February 9, 2017

Chaffetz Joins Cummings' Request to Ask Office of Government Ethics to Recommend Disciplinary Action for Kellyanne Conway

Washington, D.C. (Feb. 9, 2017)—Today, in response to a letter sent this morning by Rep. Elijah E.


February 9, 2017

Washington, D.C. (Feb. 9, 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 new report by the Washington Post that President Donald Trump's national security adviser, Lt. Gen.