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August 5, 2020

WASHINGTON, DCCongresswoman Alma S. Adams (NC-12), Rep. Peter A. DeFazio (OR-04), Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney (NY-12), and Government Operations Subcommittee Chairman Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11) led 127 other Members of Congress in sending a letter to Speaker Pelosi requesting strong support for the United States Postal Service in forthcoming COVID-19 relief legislation.


August 4, 2020

Washington, D.C. (August 4, 2020)—Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, as well as Committee Member and Co-Chair of the Whistleblower Protection Caucus Rep. Jackie Speier introduced the Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act to strengthen whistleblower protections for federal employees.

Issues: Whistleblower

August 4, 2020

Mobilewalla's June 2020 report identified characteristics of American

protesters using location data collected from their mobile devices.

Data brokers such as Mobilewalla may enable government to

"buy its way around the Fourth Amendment" and obtain

sensitive data about Americans' activities without a warrant.


August 4, 2020

Washington, D.C. (Aug. 4, 2020)—Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement denouncing the Administration's decision to shorten its timeline for 2020 Census operations, and announced the introduction of updated legislation to support a fair and accurate 2020 Census and protect it from unconstitutional, partisan interference:

Issues: Census

August 3, 2020

Washington, D.C. (Aug 3, 2020)—Today, Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, held the Subcommittee's biannual hearing to assess implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA).


August 3, 2020

Washington, D.C. (Aug. 3, 2020)—Today, Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced that the Committee has invited Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to a hearing in September to examine operational changes to the U.S. Postal Service.

Issues: Postal Service

August 3, 2020

Washington—Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Representative Carolyn B. Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Senator Robert Menendez, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, today announced subpoenas for depositions of key witnesses in the Committees' joint investigation into the firing of former State Department Inspector General Steve A. Linick.


August 3, 2020

Washington D.C. (Aug. 3, 2020)—On Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at 11:00 a.m., Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, will hold a hearing on the health and economic impacts of climate change over the next century if we do not act immediately to limit global warming.


July 31, 2020

Washington, D.C. (July 31, 2020)—Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 7617, which included an amendment offered by Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney, the Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, to stop the new Postmaster General's drastic changes to the Postal Service from being implemented and maintain the mail service Americans deserve.

Chairwoman Maloney issued the following statement:


July 31, 2020

Washington, D.C. (July 31, 2020)—Today, Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, released a staff report based on new documents detailing the Trump Administration's failures to supply ventilators during the coronavirus crisis and squandering of more than $500 million in taxpayer funds.