Press Releases
Katko, Cummings Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Place Harriet Tubman on $20 Bill
Washington, D.C. (September 8, 2017) – Today, U.S. Representatives John Katko (NY-24) and Elijah Cummings (MD-7) today renewed their bipartisan effort to honor the life of Harriet Tubman—introducing The Harriet Tubman Tribute Act, which would require the Secretary of the Treasury to place Harriet Tubman's likeness on the $20 bill beginning in 2020. Cummings and Katko introduced similar legislation in June 2015.
Cummings and Jeffries Question HUD on Report of Potential Sale of Starrett City
Reps. Jimmy Gomez, Elijah Cummings, John Conyers, Jr., and Zoe Lofgren Seek Immediate Hearings on President's Decision to End DACA
Cummings Statement on President Trump's Decision to End DACA Program
President Breaks Promise to DREAMers
Washington, D.C. (September 5, 2017) – Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement on President Donald Trump's announcement that he will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program:
Maryland Congress Members Investigate Reports of
Kushner Companies Engaging in Abusive Rental Practices
Cummings and Welch Launch Investigation of Drug Companies' Skyrocketing Prices for MS Drugs
Washington, D.C. (August 17, 2017)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Peter Welch of Vermont, a senior Democrat on both the Oversight Committee and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, sent letters to seven pharmaceutical companies requesting information about their pricing strategies for drugs used to treat Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
Oversight Dems Launch Investigation of
Taxpayer-Funded Expenditures to Trump Businesses
Washington, D.C. (August 8, 2017) – Today, all Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent letters to all Cabinet Secretaries and other federal agency heads requesting documents about how their Departments are spending federal taxpayer funds on products or services provided by businesses owned by or affiliated with the Trump Organization.
Cummings, Conyers, Connolly, Cicilline Request Documents about
President Trump's Regulatory Task Forces' Secret Meetings and Conflicts of Interest
Cummings Requests Information about General Flynn's Foreign Contacts
Flynn Friend and Former Business Partner Told Investigators
Flynn Would Have Work Related Foreign Contacts
Cummings, Lofgren Launch Investigation into
Reports Of CBP Illegally Turning Away Asylum Seekers