Members Announced
Per the Press Release — look who’s on the committee now (I bolded the last 3 names...) — also they are noted in this lovely diary too www.dailykos.com/…
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Washington, D.C. (Jan. 22, 2019)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, issued the following statement after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the new Members of the Committee:
“I’m so pleased to welcome our new Democratic Members to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. Our Committee is the primary investigative body in Congress, and we will address the issues that affect the American people every day while we root out waste, fraud, and abuse. The American people voted for accountability and transparency this past election, and I’m eager to work in a bipartisan manner on behalf of all of our constituents to deliver on these goals.”
Below is a list of the Democratic Members of the Committee:
Elijah E. Cummings (MD), Chairman
Carolyn B. Maloney (NY)
Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC)
Wm. Lacy Clay (MO)
Stephen F. Lynch (MA)
Jim Cooper (TN)
Gerald E. Connolly (VA)
Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL)
Jamie Raskin (MD)
Harley Rouda (CA)
Katie Hill (CA)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)
John P. Sarbanes (MD)
Peter Welch (VT)
Jackie Speier (CA)
Robin Kelly (IL)
Mark DeSaulnier (CA)
Brenda Lawrence (MI)
Stacey E. Plaskett (VI)
Ro Khanna (CA)
Jimmy Gomez (CA)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY)
Ayanna Pressley (MA)
Rashida Tlaib (MI)
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And… Wilbur’s testifying!
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Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, announced that Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will be testifying before the Oversight Committee on March 14, 2019:
Chairman Cummings and other Members have written to Secretary Ross repeatedly requesting documents—including on April 4, 2018, June 28, 2018, and August 3, 2018—but the Department has withheld a wide range of the requested documents for months.
Last week, a federal judge ruled that Secretary Ross committed “egregious” violations of federal law by creating a “sham” process for adding the citizenship question despite the fact that the Census Bureau “repeatedly and consistently recommended against” adding the question because it would harm the accuracy of the count.
The court also found that Secretary Ross—who fought successfully against testifying in the litigation—actively concealed the true basis for his actions from the American people and the Census Bureau itself.
Exciting news!