(CNN) The chairman of the House Oversight Committee announced Monday that he had scheduled a committee vote to hold the attorney general and the commerce secretary in contempt of Congress over a dispute about documents regarding a potential citizenship question on the 2020 census.

According to a news release from his office, Rep. Elijah Cummings, a Maryland Democrat, sent all members of the committee a proposed resolution and report to be voted on Wednesday "in order to proceed with both criminal and civil actions to enforce the Committee's bipartisan subpoenas."

"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," Cummings said in a statement.

"Both Secretary Ross and Attorney General Barr are refusing to comply with duly authorized subpoenas from Congress," Cummings added. "Because they are in contempt of Congress, on Wednesday, the Committee will vote to move forward to enforce our bipartisan subpoenas."

The Justice Department declined to comment to CNN.

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