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Washington, D.C. (October 9, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jim Himes, Ranking Member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, are urging Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel to cancel his reported trip to Russia next month, raising urgent national security concerns about his plans to visit Moscow and St. Petersburg as the FBI expands cooperation with Russian and Chinese law enforcement agencies. Patel will reportedly be hosted by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the successor to the Soviet-era KGB, which has a documented history of conducting espionage operations against American officials and personnel.

Washington, D.C. (October 7, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Madeleine Dean demanded a federal investigation into former Bard College President Leon Botstein after reviewing an email in which Botstein asked Jeffrey Epstein about a young woman Epstein was trafficking: “Is [Jane Doe] for me, or are you keeping her for yourself.” In a separate letter to Bard’s leadership, Ranking Member Raskin sought records concerning Epstein’s use of the college to advance his trafficking activities and allegations from more than a dozen whistleblowers about sexual misconduct at Bard, including allegations that Botstein personally engaged in misconduct and intervened in Title IX proceedings to protect offenders.

Washington, D.C. (October 5, 2025)—Last month, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, spoke at the Judicial Conference’s biannual meeting. Below are Ranking Member Raskin’s remarks, as prepared for delivery.

Washington, D.C. (October 1, 2026)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. George Whitesides called on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to formally investigate the Trump Administration’s use of taxpayer dollars to produce and air ads promoting President Trump in the weeks before the midterm elections. The lawmakers are seeking a full accounting of what the ads cost, who paid for them and whether officials broke federal law.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressional Democratic leaders released the following joint statement on Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte’s unlawful move to shut down the FHFA Inspector General through severe, unnecessary budget cuts. The statement is signed by: Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), and the following Committee Ranking Members: Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Mary.), House Judiciary Committee; Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee; Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL), Senate Judiciary Committee; Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC); Sen Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, HSGAC; Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), House Financial Services Committee; and Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Washington, D.C. (September 30, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, launched an investigation into Amazon, Google, Meta and Oracle over their use of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) that prevent local government officials from disclosing essential information about how proposed data center projects could affect their communities and constituents. Restrictive NDAs surrounding proposed data center projects prevent Americans from understanding the costs associated with such projects, including how much water and energy would be required to sustain the data center and whether that could increase their utility bills. In letters to the four tech giants, Ranking Member Raskin demanded answers about agreements that conceal critical details of proposed developments, including taxpayer-funded incentives and special carveouts from tax, environmental and zoning laws.

 U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and U.S. Representative Greg Stanton (AZ-04), Ranking Member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, sent a letter to Trump Administration officials raising serious concerns about public access to “pop-up” immigration courtrooms, including one at FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C.