Today, U.S. Department of Justice Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testified before the House Judiciary Committee for the first time at an oversight hearing. Watch the hearing on House Judiciary Democrats’ Facebook page here. Rosenstein Supports Mueller & FBI When asked by several Members about his thoughts on Special Counsel Robert Mueller, Rosenstein reaffirmed his strong support for Muel... Read more »
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome to the House Judiciary Committee, Mr. Rosenstein. For the better part of a year, my colleagues and I have implored this Committee to conduct real oversight of the Department of Justice. On January 24, 2017, we wrote to Chairman Goodlatte insisting that “the Committee hold hearings on President Trump’s conflicts of interest, at home and abroad.” Citing to experts ac... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY.) delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s markup of H.R. 1865, the “Allow States And Victims To Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act Of 2017.” Mr. Chairman, I appreciate that you are bringing forward legislation today to address the scourge of human trafficking. I strongly support providing new mechanis... Read more »
Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein expressing concerns about the Department of Justice’s failure to provide documents to Democrats as part of the joi... Read more »
This evening, the House passed H.R. 1730, the “Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act,” by a vote of 402-2. This bill would extend protections under current federal law for “religious real property.” Currently, Section 247 of the Federal Criminal Code prohibits both the damaging of religious property because of the property’s religious character and the intentional obstruction — by for... Read more »
Today, CNN reports that candidate Donald Trump, his son Donald Trump, Jr., and others inside the Trump Organization received an email in September 2016 offering a decryption key and website address for hacked documents — weeks before WikiLeaks began publishing the contents of those documents online. Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) of the House Judiciary Committee issued the following statemen... Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Justice’s letter requesting Senate documents relating to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation of Planned Parenthood and fetal tissue research: “While this letter is nothing more than a procedural step, I am appalled by the Departm... Read more »
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Welcome to the House Judiciary Committee, Director Wray. Earlier this week, in a message to your agents and employees, you gave us your vision of what the FBI is supposed to be: “We find ourselves under the microscope each and every day—and rightfully so. We do hard work for a living. We are entrusted with protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution and l... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following statement in front of the House Rules Committee against H.R. 38, the Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017. After the House Judiciary Committee approved the NRA-backed Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act along party lines last week, the Republican-controlled Rules Committee cynically attached to it the bipa... Read more »
