Committee on Oversight and Reform
116th Congress

A Resolution
Offered by Chairman Elijah E. Cummings
Authorizing Issuance of Subpoenas Related to the 2020 Census
Resolved, that upon the adoption of this resolution, the Chairman of the Committee on
Oversight and Reform is authorized to subpoena Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
John Gore for testimony in connection with the Committee’s investigation into the addition of a
citizenship question to the 2020 Census;
Further resolved, that upon the adoption of this resolution, the Chairman of the
Committee on Oversight and Reform is authorized to subpoena Attorney General William P.
Barr for all records described below:
1. Memorandum and note from James Uthmeier to John Gore in Fall 2017.
2. All documents and communications from January 20, 2017, through December 12, 2017,
within the Department of Justice and with outside entities regarding the request to add a
citizenship question to the census, including but not limited to the White House, the
Commerce Department, the Republican National Committee, the Trump Campaign, or
Members of Congress.
Further resolved, that upon the adoption of this resolution, the Chairman of the
Committee on Oversight and Reform is authorized to subpoena Secretary of Commerce Wilbur
L. Ross, Jr. for all records described below:
1. Unredacted copies of the following documents, including all emails in each email chain,
and all attachments:
a. Memorandum and note from James Uthmeier to John Gore in Fall 2017;
b. May 2, 2017, email from Earl Comstock to Wilbur Ross, cc: Ellen Herbst, subject:
“Re: Census;”
c. May 2, 2017, email from Wilbur Ross to Wendy Teramoto, subject: “Re: Census;”
d. August 8, 2017, 7:44:29 p.m., email from Wilbur Ross to Earl Comstock, subject:
“Re: [redacted];”
e. August 10, 2017, email from Wilbur Ross to Earl Comstock, subject: “Re: Census
Matter;”

 f. August 11, 2017, email from Earl Comstock to Wilbur Ross, cc: Wendy Teramoto,
subject: “Memo on Census Question” (with attachment: “Census Memo Draft2 Aug
11 2017.docx”);
g. September 1, 2017, email from Wilbur Ross to Earl Comstock, cc: Wendy
Teramoto, subject: “Re: [redacted];”
h. September 1, 2017, email from Earl Comstock to Wilbur Ross, cc: Wendy
Teramoto, subject: “Re: ITA Request for [redacted];”
i. September 7, 2017, email from James Uthmeier to Earl Comstock, cc: Peter
Davidson, subject: “RE: Census Matter Follow-Up;”
j. December 20, 2017, email from John Zadrozny to James Uthmeier, subject: “RE:
Census Question Request;” and
k. February 26, 2018, email from James Uthmeier to Michael Walsh, subject: “Re:
Memos.”
2. All communications from January 20, 2017, through December 12, 2017, between or
among officials from the Department of Commerce, the Census Bureau, and any other
office or entity inside or outside of the government regarding the addition of a citizenship
question.
This resolution is adopted pursuant to Rule 12 and Rule 15 of the Committee on Oversight and
Reform, and clause 4(c) of Rule X and clause 2(m) of Rule XI of the U.S. House of
Representatives.