Elijah Cummings: “On November 29, 2018, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz sent a letter to the Oversight and Reform Committee in…”

“On November 29, 2018, DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz sent a letter to the Oversight and Reform Committee in support of the Inspector General Access Act, and this is what he wrote: ``Providing the OIG with authority to exercise jurisdiction in attorney professional misconduct cases would enhance the public's confidence in the outcomes of these investigations and provide the OIG with the same authority as every other inspector general.'' I include Mr. Horowitz's letter in the Record. U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the Inspector General, November 29, 2018. Hon. Trey Gowdy, Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Hon. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, Washington, DC. Dear Mr. Chairman and Ranking Member Cummings: I write to express my strong support for H.R. 3154, the ``Inspector General Access Act of 2017'' (Access Act), which your Committee approved unanimously on September 27, 2018.…”