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January 24, 2017

Chaffetz Defeats Amendment to Subpoena Michigan Governor for Documents Withheld on Flint Water Crisis

All Republicans Vote Against Motion to Enforce Committee's Own Document Request

Issues: Flint

January 24, 2017

Republicans Vote Against Amendment Prohibiting Bills That Directly Benefit President Trump and His Businesses


January 23, 2017

Top Oversight and Transportation Committee Dems Request Information on GSA's Steps to Address President Trump's Apparent Breach of D.C. Hotel Lease

Documents Show Trump's Company Reported Receiving $1 Million Less Than They Projected After Opening


January 23, 2017

Cummings Issues Statement After Closed-Door Meeting with Top Government Ethics Official

Washington, D.C. (Jan. 23, 2017)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Members of the Committee held a meeting with Walter Shaub, the Director of the Office of Government Ethics (OGE):


January 19, 2017

Cummings Asks Chaffetz to Allow All Oversight Members to Join Meeting with Ethics Director After Chairman's Reversal on Subpoena Threat

Urges Chairman to Apologize to Shaub


January 18, 2017

Democrats Call on Oversight Committee Chairman to Immediately Re-open Flint Water Investigation

Ranking Members Ask for Vote on Subpoena to Michigan Governor, Refer Emergency Managers to DOJ for Criminal Prosecution

Issues: Flint

January 18, 2017

Cummings Seeks Information from Vision Property Management and Fannie Mae about Alleged Harm to Tenants

Washington, D.C. (Jan. 18, 2017) – Today, Rep. Elijah E.


January 15, 2017

Cummings Issues Statement on Trump-Chaffetz

Coordinated Attack on Top Government Ethics Official


January 13, 2017

Washington D.C. (Jan. 13, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement after Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz publicly attacked the head of the Office of Government Ethics rather than investigating President-Elect Donald Trump's refusal to divest:


January 12, 2017

CONYERS & CUMMINGS APPLAUD INSPECTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATION OF FBI ACTIONS BEFORE 2016 ELECTION

Washington, D.C. - Today, Reps. John Conyers, Jr. and Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement after the U.S. Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced they will conduct an immediate investigation into the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) actions before the 2016 election: