Press Releases

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.

Washington, D.C. (September 29, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, pressed Apple to independently review its decision to remove ICEBlock and similar apps from the App Store after the company confirmed that it acted following pressure from the Trump Department of Justice (DOJ). The apps allow users to report Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity and document encounters with federal immigration authorities in their communities.

Washington, D.C. (September 29, 2026)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Joe Morelle, Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration, launched an investigation into the Trump Department of Justice’s (DOJ) election monitoring program ahead of the November midterm elections. The investigation follows reportsthat DOJ staff monitors arrived unannounced at polling places during Wyoming’s August primary and made irregular demands, including seeking access to election equipment and voters, prompting the state’s Republican governor to raise concerns about their “aggressive, unexpected, and disruptive” conduct.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee; U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee; and U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), yesterday pressed U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin on the Trump Administration’s uncertain refugee policies during an annual, statutorily required refugee consultation for Fiscal Year 2027. The meeting occurred as the Trump Administration announced a plan to welcome up to 17,500 White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees over the next year.

WASHINGTON – Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), House Committee on Education and Workforce Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (D-VA-03), and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Ranking Member Bernie Sanders (I-VT) demanded the Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Todd Blanche and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel open a criminal investigation into the reported use of unverifiable or stolen identities to submit public comments.  Ranking Members Scott and Sanders also called on Department of Labor (DOL) Acting Secretary Keith E. Sonderling and DOL Inspector General Anthony P. D’Esposito to investigate the matter.

Washington, D.C. (September 15, 2026)—Today, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, delivered opening remarks at a hearing on Republicans’ continued efforts to sow distrust in American elections, interfere with voting and fuel false claims of widespread voter fraud, instead of addressing the rising cost of living and other pressing issues facing American families.