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Washington D.C. (Jan. 13, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Rep. Adam Schiff, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Chairmen of the House Committees on Oversight and Reform, Intelligence, and the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's comments last night on Fox News regarding Michael Cohen's testimony before Congress:
| Washington, D.C. (Jan. 11, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement on the House floor in support of S. 24, the Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019, which provides federal employees affected by the shutdown with back pay and passed overwhelmingly by a vote of 411 to 7: Floor Statement Chairman Elijah E. Cummings |
Washington, D.C. (Jan. 10, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced the schedule for Committee hearings in January and February and issued the following statement:
Washington, D.C. (Jan. 9, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement in response to a letter signed by more than 60 House Democrats asking the Democratic leadership to make addressing the opioid crisis a top priority for the 116th Congress:
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 – Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Reps. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Ro Khanna (D-Calif.), Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Joe Neguse (D-Co.) and other cosponsors in the House and Senate will hold a press conference Thursday morning to announce a legislative package that would drastically reduce prescription drug prices in the United States.
WHO: Sen. Bernie Sanders and Reps. Elijah Cummings, Ro Khanna, Peter Welch, Joe Neguse and other cosponsors in the House and Senate
Washington—The chairs of seven committees in the House of Representatives today are calling on the Trump Administration to explain the easing of sanctions on businesses tied to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.
| Washington, D.C. (Jan. 4, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement on the introduction of sweeping Democratic legislation to restore our democracy: |
| Washington, D.C. (Jan. 4, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings issued the following statement after his colleagues in the House of Representatives voted to name him Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform for the 116th Congress: |
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Washington, D.C. – Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats will hold a press event on Friday, January 4, at 11:00 a.m. E.T. to introduce H.R. 1, For the People Act, a historic reform package to restore the promise of our nation's democracy, end the culture of corruption in Washington, and reduce the role of money in politics to return the power back to the American people.
| WHO: | Speaker-designate Nancy Pelosi |
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) today introduced the Washington, D.C. Admission Act (H.R. 51) to make the District of Columbia the 51st state, her first bill of the 116th Congress. She introduced the bill with 151 original cosponsors, a new record, up from the previous record Norton set in the 115th Congress (116). Norton also announced that the Chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Representative Elijah Cummings (D-MD), has committed to holding a hearing and markup in 2019 on H.R. 51.