Government Oversight
To advance its legislative agenda, the Judiciary Committee conducts regular oversight of the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, among other government agencies. The Committee is also responsible for determining whether to recommend articles of impeachment against federal officials. In 2019, the Committee advanced two articles of impeachment against Donald J. Trump to the House of Representatives.
More on Government Oversight
Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, sent a letter asking their respective Chairmen, Reps.
Today, U.S. Department of Justice Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testified before the House Judiciary Committee for the first time at an oversight hearing. Watch the hearing on House Judiciary Democrats' Facebook page here.
Rosenstein Supports Mueller & FBI
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome to the House Judiciary Committee, Mr. Rosenstein.
For the better part of a year, my colleagues and I have implored this Committee to conduct real oversight of the Department of Justice.
Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep. Elijah E.
This evening, the House passed H.R. 1730, the "Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act," by a vote of 402-2. This bill would extend protections under current federal law for "religious real property." Currently, Section 247 of the Federal Criminal Code prohibits both the damaging of religious property because of the property's religious character and the intentional obstruction - by force or threats of force - of anyone's exercise of religious beliefs.
Today, CNN reports that candidate Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump, Jr., and others inside the Trump Organization received an email in September 2016 offering a decryption key and website address for hacked documents - weeks before WikiLeaks began publishing the contents of those documents online.