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July 3, 2019

Washington, D.C. (July 3, 2019)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, announced that the Director of the U.S. Census Bureau, Dr. Steven Dillingham, will testify at a hearing on July 24, 2019, on the status of planning and preparations for the 2020 Census.

Issues: Census

July 3, 2019

Washington, D.C. (July 3, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after attorneys from the Department of Justice informed a federal judge that, contrary to their earlier assurances, they have now been ordered to examine whether the Trump Administration can add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census consistent with the Supreme Court's ruling earlier this week:

Issues: Census

July 2, 2019

Washington, D.C. (July 2, 2019)— Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement, in response to the decision by the Trump Administration to follow the Supreme Court's ruling last week, to abandon its efforts to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, and to begin printing the Census forms without the citizenship question as soon as possible:

Issues: Census

July 2, 2019

Washington, D.C. (July 2, 2019)—Yesterday, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Rep.


July 2, 2019

Washington, D.C. (July 2, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced that the Committee has invited Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan from U.S. Customs and Border protection (CBP) to testify on July 12, 2019, regarding troubling new revelations about the Trump Administration's family separation policy and harsh conditions at detention centers on the border.


July 1, 2019

Washington, D.C. (July 1, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, sent a letter to the White House requesting copies of all emails and other communications sent or received by White house officials in violation of federal law and the White House's own records policy.


June 27, 2019

Washington, D.C. (June 27, 2019)— Rep. Gerry Connolly, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Government Operations, convened a hearing entitled "Document Production Status Update: OPM, FBI, and GSA" to examine three agencies that have not substantially complied with the Committee's months-old requests for documents: Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and General Services Administration (GSA).

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June 27, 2019

Washington, D.C. (June 26, 2019)— Chairman Elijah E. Cummings convened a hearing entitled, "Violations of the Hatch Act Under the Trump Administration."

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June 27, 2019

Washington, D.C. (June 27, 2019)— Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, Rep. Ro Khanna, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Rep. Ayanna Pressley sent a letter to Gilead Sciences seeking information about patents held by the federal government for the HIV prevention therapy known as Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).