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July 16, 2025

Washington, D.C. (July 16, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, led subcommittee Democrats in countering Republican efforts to target and demonize nonprofit organizations while defunding thousands of programs and grants that save lives and support public safety, health services, and civic infrastructure nationwide. 


July 16, 2025

Washington, D.C. (July 16, 2025)—Today, Rep. Lucy McBath, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in law enforcement and how to combat AI-enabled crimes.

Below are Ranking Member McBath’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing. 


July 15, 2025
Washington, D.C. (July 15, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Oversight hearing on how Republicans are demonizing nonprofit organizations for political gain while abandoning their oversight obligations over the Trump Administration.

July 15, 2025
Washington, D.C. (July 15, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, delivered opening remarks at a subcommittee hearing on how Republicans are demonizing nonprofit organizations for political gain while defunding thousands of grant programs that support public safety, health services, and civic infrastructure nationwide. Below are Ranking Member Crockett’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing.

July 15, 2025
Washington, D.C. (July 15, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led Committee Democrats in a letter to Chairman Jim Jordan urging him to investigate the Trump Administration’s recent handling of the “Epstein files” and requesting the Committee invite—and if necessary, subpoena—Attorney General Pam Bondi, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel, and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino to testify publicly regarding the Administration’s handling of the Epstein matter. To date, Judiciary Republicans have not invited a single official from the Trump Administration to testify before the Judiciary Committee on any matter, including this one.

July 15, 2025

Washington, D.C. (July 15, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, led Subcommittee Democrats in a hearing examining reforms to bankruptcy law to provide access to timely, affordable relief for student loan borrowers, small businesses, and working families.


July 15, 2025
Washington, D.C. (July 15, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust hearing on why extending the debt limits for subchapter V and Chapter 13 bankruptcy is essential to providing access to timely, affordable relief for small businesses and working families.

July 15, 2025

Washington, D.C. (July 15, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, delivered opening remarks at a hearing on why extending the debt limits for subchapter V and Chapter 13 bankruptcy is essential to providing access to timely, affordable relief for small businesses and working families.


July 15, 2025

Washington, D.C. — House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02) and Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08), leaders of the Litigation Task Force, issued the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled to allow the Trump Administration to resume efforts that would gut the Department of Education: 


July 10, 2025

Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, House Democrats’ Litigation Task Force led 162 Members of Congress and 29 Senators in filing an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit challenging President Donald Trump’s sweeping and chaotic tariffs that were unlawfully imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).