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July 29, 2019

On Friday, the Trump Administration announced it had signed a safe-third country agreement with Guatemala, which would allow the Administration to remove asylum seekers if they passed through Guatemala on their way to the United States.

Issues: Immigration

July 26, 2019
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TODAY, at 12:00 P.M., House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a press conference to discuss the Committee's oversight agenda following the Mueller Hearing, including next steps in obtaining the 6e grand jury materials from the Special Counsel's report and to enforce the Committee's subpoena for former White House Counsel Don McGahn'


July 26, 2019

Committee Goes to Court for Mueller Grand Jury Material

Nadler Announces Committee is Considering Whether to Recommend Articles of Impeachment

Committee will Issue Subpoenas in August for Testimony


July 25, 2019

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Chairwoman Karen Bass (D-CA) released the following statement on the Department of Justice reinstating the federal death penalty:


July 24, 2019

Washington, D.C. –Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, for the oversight hearing with former Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III:

"Director Mueller, thank you for being here. I want to say just a few words about our themes today: responsibility, integrity, and accountability.

"Your career, for example, is a model of responsibility.


July 23, 2019

Today, U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris (D-CA) introduced the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, one of the most comprehensive marijuana reform bills ever introduced in the U.S. Congress.


July 18, 2019

Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Hope Hicks, former senior Trump Campaign official and former White House Communications Director, demanding that she come before the House Judiciary Committee to clarify her testimony, after a federal judge in New York unsealed evidence which revealed apparent inconsistencies with Hicks


July 17, 2019

Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement for the markup of H.R. 3239, the Humanitarian Standards for Individual in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act:

Issues: Immigration

July 17, 2019

Washington, D.C. –Today, the House Judiciary Committee voted 18-13 to report H.R. 3239, the Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act, to the full House for a vote. The legislation, authored by Representative Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-CA), requires all individuals in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody to receive an initial medical screening and sets certain minimum standards of hygiene, nutrition, and shelter that CBP must meet.