Washington (CNN) Three powerful House Democratic chairmen sent letters on Monday to the White House and the State Department requesting detailed information on communications between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the latest effort by House Democrats to investigate the administration and its relationship to Russia.

Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff of California, the chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Eliot Engel of New York, the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Elijah Cummings of Maryland, the chair of the House Oversight Committee, signed the letters, which were sent to acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

The letters ask for the White House and the State Department to provide documents related to contacts between the US President and Putin as well as for interviews with personnel at the White House, the Executive Office of the President and the State Department with knowledge of those contacts.

The Democratic chairmen outline a wide range of topics related to communication between Trump and Putin that they are seeking information on, including whether the President or anyone acting on his behalf engaged in any attempt to "conceal," "obscure" or "misrepresent" the nature of his contacts with Putin as well as if any of his communications with the Russian president have had an impact on foreign policy.

They write that they are seeking information on "the substance of President Trump's communications with President Putin, including any discussion between the two individuals -- during in-person encounters and phone calls -- on matters that are within the committees' jurisdiction" and "whether any such communications have provided a basis for reconsideration, modification, or implementation of foreign policy."

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