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Cummings and Gowdy Applaud New Website to
Improve Public's Access to Info about Federal Government
Washington, D.C. (Oct. 3, 2017) –House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings issued the following statement applauding a new website, Oversight.gov, launched yesterday by the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE):
Cummings and Plaskett Thank Gowdy for
Arranging FEMA Telephone Briefing
Democrats Press for Briefings from DOD and White House;
Ask Chairman to Send Document Requests to Agencies
Oversight Committee Questions About Whether
Allergan Deal to Transfer Drug Patents to
Native American Tribe Impairs Competition
Equifax Provides New Info on Breach
Company Describes Internal Actions of Top Officials as
Cummings Asks Committee to Request Documents from US-CERT
Warren, Cummings Release GAO Report Confirming 2014 Dodd Frank Rollbacks Resulted in Giant Giveaways for Big Banks
Investigation Reveals Banks Retained Over $10 Trillion in Risky Swaps Trades
A summary of the report is available here (PDF)
The full text of the report is available here (PDF)
Cummings Urges Speaker Ryan to Finally
Schedule Vote on Bipartisan Postal Reform Bill
After Missed Payment to Retirement System
Cummings and Krishnamoorthi Request Info. on
Trump Administration's Decision to Schedule
Major Outages of HealthCare.gov During Open Enrollment
BREAKING:
Oversight Dems Seek Emergency Hearing
on Trump Administration's Response to
Devastation in Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands
Cummings Tweets at President Trump to Urge Immediate Action to Lower Drug Prices
Washington, DC (Sept. 28, 2017)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent multiple tweets directly to President Donald Trump urging him to take immediate action to lower the price of a Multiple Sclerosis (MS) drug that the U.S. government owns, but licenses to a drug company that is charging an outrageous $87,000 per year:
Gowdy, Cummings Investigate Federal Agency Travel
Letter seeks information on use of private aircrafts for official travel
WASHINGTON - Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) sent letters to the White House and 24 federal agencies requesting information related to senior officials' use of government-owned aircraft or private non-commercial aircraft for official and personal travel.
The letter states: