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House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair Rep. James Comer R-Ky., speaks, Jan. 10, 2024, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Bipartisan legislation introduced in the House would require presidents and vice presidents to publicly disclose tax returns before, during and after their time in the White House. The proposal — led by the unusual pairing of Republican Rep. James Comer and progressive Democratic Rep. Katie Porter — is the latest effort to deliver congressional oversight over presidential ethics as both parties grapple with ongoing congressional probes into their leading candidates for president. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

House opens investigation into four sanctuary cities

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Empty desks are in an office building in the Manhattan borough of New York on Friday, August 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

House chairman drafts bill to get federal workers back in the office

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dining Room, on Sept. 6, 2023, at the White House in Washington. Biden hopes to demonstrate to the world at the upcoming Group of 20 summit and during a visit to Vietnam that the United States and like-minded allies can be more trustworthy partners than China on economic and security issues. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

GOP to Biden: Say hello to my little impeachment friend

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Chairman Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., holds up his gavel as Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan appears before a House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Elijah Cummings, House Oversight chair, quizzes SDNY prosecutors for not indicting Donald Trump

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

In this June 23, 2018, photo, a U.S. Border Patrol Agent walks between vehicles outside the Central Processing Center in McAllen, Texas. A report released Tuesday, July 2, 2019, by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General warns that facilities in South Texas’ Rio Grande Valley, including the CPC in McAllen, face “serious overcrowding” and require “immediate attention.” (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) **FILE**

House Dems announce hearing to probe border detention conditions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chairman Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md., considers whether to hold Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in contempt for failing to turn over subpoenaed documents related to the Trump administration's decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 12, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Elijah Cummings demands White House turn over Trump-Putin communication records

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 2, 2019, file photo White House senior adviser Stephen Miller listens as President Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Stephen Miller testimony sought by Elijah Cummings, House Democrats

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, D-Md., leads a meeting to call for subpoenas after a career official in the White House security office says dozens of people in President Donald Trump's administration were granted security clearances despite "disqualifying issues" in their backgrounds, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Elijah Cummings accuses Jim Jordan of trying to ‘actively obstruct’ drug company investigation

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks during the House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Elijah Cummings, House Oversight chairman, demands Trump’s accountants explain inflated assets

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 4, 2019, file photo Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Elijah Cummings: Cohen’s Trump allegations are ‘deeply disturbing’

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a meeting with state and local officials and President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington. A Republican-led congressional committee is demanding records related to premium-class flights taken by Pruitt. House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy issued a letter to Pruitt this week seeking an accounting of all flights taken by the EPA administrator over the last year and whether the ticket was coach, business or first class. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Oversight committee wants to look at Pruitt’s travel records

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2018, file photo, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt attends a meeting with state and local officials and President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington. A Republican-led congressional committee is demanding records related to premium-class flights taken by Pruitt. House Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy issued a letter to Pruitt this week seeking an accounting of all flights taken by the EPA administrator over the last year and whether the ticket was coach, business or first class. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

House panel seeks info on EPA chief’s first-class flights

By MICHAEL BIESECKER - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, center, and first lady Melania Trump, right, walks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe after they posed for a photo before having dinner at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Just how secure is Mar-a-Lago, House Oversight chairman asks

By JULIE BYKOWICZ - Associated Press

In this Nov. 26, 2015, photo Secret Service police stand guard outside the White House after a man was caught jumping the fence as President Barack Obama and his family ate Thanksgiving dinner in Washington. The U.S. Secret Service is pursuing an aggressive outreach strategy on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to give the public a taste of life inside the elite agency. The social media blitz comes as the Secret Service works to improve its image after a string of revelations about security breaches and agent misconduct in recent years. It includes photos, videos and as-it-happens updates, but reveals little about sensitive operations that the Secret Service wants to keep, well, secret. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Secret Service database still vulnerable to improper access: IG report

By Andrea Noble - The Washington Times