Congressional oversight is the central theme to success, and congressional oversight has led to over $350 billion being saved over the last decade.
Elijah Cummings
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Elijah E. Cummings was a prominent American politician and civil rights advocate who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland's 7th congressional district from 1996 until his death in 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Cummings was known for his commitment to social justice and his efforts to address issues such as healthcare, education, and civil rights. Throughout his tenure, he was a vocal advocate for the rights of marginalized communities and worked to ensure equitable access to resources and opportunities.
I do think, if the next six months is when we are going to learn something, that we need perhaps in the next three months another hearing.
The White House is not taking advantage of the opportunity to give us their perspective on these issues and any relevant information.
The White House refusing to cooperate with GAO's request is an insult to this Congress.
Your report says, and here I am quoting, that the 2020 census lacks a risk assessment and certain best scheduling practices.
As of January 2019, the White House had not responded to our request for information.
We contacted White House Counsel's Office in April 2017 and January 2018 to solicit information from the Executive Office of the President related to coordinating travel for the President and any costs associated with White House staff…
And so the President called you a rat. We're better than that. We really are.
I'm hoping that all of us can get back to this democracy that we want and that we should be passing on our children.
Come on now. We can do more than one thing, and we have got to get back to normal.
our President has made at least 8,718--8,718 false or misleading statements. That's stunning. That's not what we teach our children.
the greatest gift that you and I, Mr. President, can give to our children, is making sure that we give them a democracy that is intact, a democracy better than the one that we came upon
You've made it clear that you do not want the American people to hear what Mr. Cohen has to say.
I want you to really hear this, Mr. Cohen. We will not tolerate lying to this Congress by anybody. We're in search of the truth.
And the American people, by the way, voted for accountability in November. And they have a right to hear Mr. Cohen in public so they can make their own judgments.
According to House Oversight Committee Chairman Elijah Cummings, the president's former attorney and fixer will appear before his committee in public a week from today.
I introduced the Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2019 to make the process of raising money to build presidential libraries more transparent. I thank Representative Mark Meadows for joining me in sponsoring this legislation…
Voter suppression is the problem, the obstacle course that has been set up that makes it so difficult for people to register and get to the polls...
So we have seen since 2010 a number of States move efforts to shut down opportunities for people to vote.
You got to do all of these things together to reset the democracy in a place where it respects the average citizen out there...





