If they are not produced by tomorrow, we will be forced to move forward with holding Attorney General Barr and Secretary Ross in contempt of Congress.

Elijah Cummings

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The Committee has obtained direct evidence that multiple high-level White House officials have been violating the Presidential Records Act by using personal email accounts, text messaging services, and even encrypted applications for official business - and not preserving those records in compliance with federal law.

Elijah Cummings

The Departments have refused to provide key unredacted documents that we need to understand the truth about why Secretary Ross really made this decision.

Elijah Cummings

The Trump administration's actions at the southern border are grotesque and dehumanizing, there seems to be open contempt for the rule of law and for basic human decency.

Elijah Cummings

The committee needs to hear directly from the heads of these agencies as soon as possible in light of the almost daily reports of abuse and defiance.

Elijah Cummings

Our Republican colleagues are so busy trying to defend the Trump administration, even when there are 25 violations of federal law, that we are basically giving away our power.

Elijah Cummings

We will do whatever we have to do, using every tool that we have available, as we would with any subpoena now, to get her in.

Elijah Cummings

This is not a conspiracy to silence White House counselor Kellyanne Conway or restrict White House counselor Kellyanne Conway First Amendment rights, this is an effort to enforce federal law.

Elijah Cummings

We can not have people disobeying the law, the President is not above the law. And neither is Ms. Conway above the law.

Elijah Cummings

We can not stand for this type of harm to the public or this interference with Congress' oversight responsibilities, we will take all appropriate actions to ensure that generic manufacturers are held accountable for misconduct.

Elijah Cummings

The president's assertion does not change the fact that the attorney general and the secretary of commerce are sadly in contempt.

Elijah Cummings

The Trump Administration has demonstrated repeatedly that it is willing to disregard the Constitution, defy decades of clear precedent, and invent frivolous new arguments to delay and obstruct Congress' oversight authority, and Attorney General( William) Barr and Secretary( Wilbur) Ross are complicit in this cover-up, both Secretary Ross and Attorney Attorney General -LRB- William -RRB- Barr are refusing to comply with duly authorized subpoenas from Congress.

Elijah Cummings

They don't mind investigating, but when they find that they have nothing to investigate because we can't get any information they say' what ? Why bother,' i don't know what The White House is trying to push or pressure us into.

Elijah Cummings

My client believes in the transparency of accountability within our government. ... We remain confident in the US governing processes and we are hopeful all parties will set aside their personal interests and place the best interest of national security first.

Elijah Cummings

Yesterday, President Trump declared to the entire country that President Trump would obstruct Congress and order all White House officials to defy lawful subpoenas from Congress, today, the Trump Administration went even further by expanding this policy to employees at federal agencies — even when the subpoenas are bipartisan and supported by Republican Members of Congress.

Elijah Cummings

There is simply no valid legal basis to interfere with this duly authorized subpoena from Congress, this complaint reads more like political talking points than a reasoned legal brief, and it contains a litany of inaccurate information.

Elijah Cummings

A lot of people keep asking about the question of impeachment ... We may very well come to that very soon, but right now let's make sure we understand what Mueller was doing, understand what Barr was doing, and see the report in an unredacted form and all of the underlying documents.

Elijah Cummings

I am not going to allow the president to be in jeopardy or his fa... by Elijah Cummings

I am not going to allow the president to be in jeopardy or his family.

Elijah Cummings

We are following-up on specific allegations regarding the President's actions based on corroborating documents obtained by the Committee, and we will continue our efforts to conduct credible, robust, and independent oversight.

Elijah Cummings

Our practice on this Committee is to give witnesses an opportunity to clarify their testimony, and that is what Mr. Cohen has done.

Elijah Cummings

House Judiciary Committee is bending over backwards to act in good faith, but White House has refused to produce a single piece of paper or a single witness to date, white House also withheld from House Judiciary Committee the policies that were in place during the first year and a half of the Trump Administration-which even General John Kelly admitted was plagued with problems.

Elijah Cummings