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The Oversight Committee is currently holding a hearing, “Allegations of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the New U.S. Embassy in Iraq.” The hearing will examine the performance of the State Department and its contractors in the construction of the new $600 million… Continue

At 10:00 a.m. the Oversight Committee will hold a hearing, “FEMA’s Response to Reports of Toxic Trailers.” The Committee will hold a hearing investigating formaldehyde levels in FEMA trailers provided for victims of the Gulf Coast hurricanes and FEMA's response to these… Continue

The Oversight and Government Reform Committee is currently holding a hearing, “Darfur and the Olympics: A Call for International Action.” Subcommittee Chairman John Tierney has invited classrooms across the country (pdf) to watch the hearing. On Tuesday the House passed a resolution… Continue

Whistle-Blower on Student Aid Is Vindicated Sam Dillon, New York Times – May 7, 2007 When Jon Oberg, a Department of Education researcher, warned in 2003 that student lending companies were improperly collecting hundreds of millions in federal subsidies and suggested how… Continue

Citing evidence that senior White House officials are using RNC and other political email accounts to avoid leaving a record of official communications, Oversight Committee Chairman Henry Waxman sent letters today to the Republican National Committee and the Bush-Cheney '04 Campaign directing… Continue

“Good morning, I am Congressman Elijah Cummings from the 7th District of Maryland. I serve as the senior Democrat on the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Here we are this morning, maybe the last time for many weeks to come, because today the Republican majority closes down the House for 5 weeks, heading home after months spent stacking the deck for the special interests, mortgaging our future with their tax scam for the rich and dismantling families’ health care. 

Leader Pelosi.  Good morning.

This week the President announced his Supreme Court nominee, who will seek to reverse generations of progress for Americans’ health care and for Roe v. Wade.

Washington, D.C. – House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, and top Democratic Ranking Members unveiled letters to the Department of Justice and Department of Health and Human Services and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services demanding the Trump Administration produce documents on the legal justification and analysis of the health coverage and cost consequences of the administration’s decision to ask a court to strike down protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

Prescription drug costs continue to rise under President Trump’s Administration, despite his many promises to bring drug prices ‘back down to earth.’