Press Releases

Washington, D.C. (April 10, 2025)—Today, Rep. Emily Randall, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Judith S. Kaleta, Deputy General Counsel and Designated Agency Ethics Official at the Department of Transportation (DOT), requesting documents, information, and answers as to how DOT is ensuring Elon Musk is not exploiting the agency to enrich himself in violation of federal ethics rules.

Washington, D.C. (April 10, 2025)—Yesterday, Committee Democrats denounced the Trump Administration’s purge of thousands of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) workers and questioned witnesses on the wide range of ways such cuts endanger the health and safety of all Americans.  Committee Republicans, on the other hand, leaned into conspiracies and attacked childhood vaccines.

Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2025)—Today, Rep. Stephen F. Lynch led Committee Democrats in introducing a Resolution of Inquiry to investigate the Trump Administration’s illegal use of unsanctioned, insecure communications services and platforms for national security duties.

Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2025)—Below is Rep. Suhas Subramanyam’s opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today’s Full Committee hearing on the Trump Administration’s purge of thousands of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) workers, endangering the health and safety of the American people.

Washington, D.C. (April 9, 2025)— Rep. Stephen F. Lynch, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Acting General Counsel Charles L. Young III requesting documents, information, and answers as to how DOD is ensuring Elon Musk is not using his position as a Special Government Employee (SGE) to enrich himself or his companies in violation of federal ethics rules. 

Washington, D.C. (April 8, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Vice Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Acting General Counsel John K. Guenther at the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) requesting documents, information, and answers as to how Commerce is ensuring Elon Musk is not exploiting Commerce to enrich himself in violation of federal ethics rules. 

Washington, D.C. (April 8, 2025)—Below is Ranking Member Melanie Stansbury’s opening statement at today’s Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing on the Trump-Musk Administration’s campaign to loot the federal government and strip it for parts so that it can give its billionaire cronies major tax giveaways at the expense of Americans’ access to public goods and services.