Washington, D.C. — Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee and co-chair of the Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Gregory Meeks, and the Ranking Member of the Appropriations Subcommittee for National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs, Rep. Lois Frankel, in conjunction with House Democratic Leader Ha... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (March 30, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement on a new Department of Justice (DOJ) memorandum that lays out potential plans to wipe out essential crime-fighting efforts, including by further hamstringing the Public Integrity Section and other corruption-fighting forces: “As part of their campaign t... Read more »
WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin (D-MD-08), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led 64 House and Senate Democrats in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi highlighting the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)’s alarming decision to fire immigration judges, with... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (March 28, 2025)—Today, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin and House Assistant Minority Leader Joe Neguse, Leaders of the Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force, along with Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters, issued the following statement after a federal judge blocked efforts to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB): “House Democ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (March 27, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Trump Administration officials demanding urgent answers regarding the Administration’s outrageous abuse of a rarely-used 1798 wartime law to remove non-citizens to a mega-prison in El Salvador without any Due Process. “I write to demand answers about the Administration’s us... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (March 26, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel demanding urgent answers regarding the Trump Administration’s reckless usage of Signal, a commercial messaging application, to discuss attack plans in a group chat that included The Atl... Read more »
WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (MD-08), House Committee on the Judiciary, Ranking Member Robert C. “Bobby” Scott (VA-03), House Committee on Education and Workforce, and Ranking Member Gerald E. Connolly (VA-11), House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, are demanding the immediate reinstatement of Commissioners Charlotte Burrows and Jocelyn Samuels following their unlawful and... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (March 24, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after Chief Judge James Boasberg rejected the Trump Administration’s bid to continue deporting individuals to mass prisons in El Salvador without due process. The federal judge found the Administration’s actions under the Alien Enemies Act—a 1798 law for dep... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (March 20, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, sent a letter to President Trump demanding he reinstate Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya and Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The letter comes after President Trump’s attem... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (March 18, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request demanding DOGE stop lying to the American people and start providing clear answers about its operations. The request follows Elon Musk and th... Read more »
