Embattled Rep. Elijah Cummings (D., Md.) described his community of Baltimore as a "drug infested area" in a video from a 1999 congressional hearing. 
Washington Free Beacon editor-in-chief Matthew Continetti argued there are "dangers" to "ratcheting up the talks on race" while discussing President Donald Trump's recent comments about Baltimore during an appearance on Fox News's Special Report on Monday. 
Two leading House Republicans sent a letter to House Oversight Committee chairman Elijah Cummings (D., Md.) Friday telling him to hold Michael Cohen accountable for "perjury-laden testimony." 
President Donald Trump's former attorney Michael Cohen has indefinitely postponed plans to testify before Congress. 
Progressive Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) will serve on the House Oversight Committee, which plans to aggressively launch investigations into the Trump administration. 
Democratic congressman Elijah Cummings (Md.), the newly minted chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is planning to investigate the Trump administration over its decision to include the question of citizenship on the 2020 census. 
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D., Md.) said on Monday he would support House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) to be speaker of the House if Democrats regain the majority, and she would stay in that position “until she decides to leave.”
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D., Md.) is currently hospitalized at Johns Hopkins Hospital for a bacterial infection in his knee, according to a statement from his office. 