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House Democrats Push Back Against Attacks on CFPB and Defend American Consumers in Court

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Washington, D.C. — Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee Jamie Raskin (MD-08), in conjunction with Assistant Leader Joe Neguse (CO-02), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee Maxine Waters (CA-43), House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (NY-08), and the Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force, led an amicus brief joined by 203 House Democrats in defense of American consumer... Read more »

Ranking Member McBath’s Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking and Online Exploitation

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Washington, D.C. (February 27, 2025)—Today, Rep. Lucy McBath, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, delivered opening remarks at a hearing on protecting victims of human trafficking and online exploitation. Below are Ranking Member McBath’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing. WATCH Ranking Member McBath’s opening statement. Ranking Memb... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin’s Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking and Online Exploitation

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Washington, D.C. (February 27, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance hearing on protecting victims of human trafficking and online exploitation. Below are Ranking Member Raskin’s remarks at today’s hearing. WATCH Ranking Member Raskin’s opening statement. Ranking Me... Read more »

Subcommittee Democrats Admonish Trump’s Freeze on Critical Resources for Victims of Human Trafficking and Online Exploitation

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Washington, D.C. (February 27, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Lucy McBath, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, led subcommittee Democrats in condemning the Trump Administration’s disastrous funding freeze and illuminating its harmful consequences in disrupting efforts to combat human trafficking... Read more »

At Hearing on Weaponization of the Justice Department, Judiciary Republicans Remain Silent As Trump’s DOJ Promotes Lawlessness and Corruption

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Washington, D.C. (February 26, 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 a hearing examining Donald Trump’s lawless Department of Justice (DOJ). The hearing included testimony from Brendan Ballou, Former Federal Prosecutor and Special Counsel for Private Equity ... Read more »

Committee Democrats Provide Republicans With Much Needed Civics Lesson: Presidents Can’t End Birthright Citizenship Via Executive Order

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Washington, D.C. (February 26, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, led subcommittee Democrats in denouncing Donald Trump’s illegal assault on birthright citizenship. The hearing included testimony from Amanda Frost, Professor of Law, University of Virgini... Read more »

Committee Democrats Outline Threats to Federal Judiciary Independence Posed by Trump and Musk

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Washington, D.C. (February 26, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Hank Johnson, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, led subcommittee Democrats in detailing the Trump Administration’s assault on the judicial branch and explaining how House Republicans backed out of a bipartis... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin’s Statement on Trump’s Retaliation Against Law Firm that Aided Jack Smith

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Washington, D.C. (February 26, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order targeting and stripping security clearances from Covington & Burling LLP, the law firm representing former Special Counsel Jack Smith: “The President’s appalling and lawless revenge tour continue... Read more »

Subcommittee Ranking Member Johnson’s Opening Statement at Hearing on Federal Judgeships

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Washington, D.C. (February 25, 2025)—Today, Rep. Hank Johnson, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet, delivered opening remarks at the hearing on the importance of increasing the number of federal judgeships fairly. Below are Ranking Member Johnson’s remarks at today’s hearing. WATCH Subcommittee Ranking Member Johnson’s open... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin’s Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on Federal Judgeships and Judicial Independence

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Washington, D.C. (February 12, 2025)—Washington, D.C. (February 25, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet hearing on the importance of maintaining an independent judiciary and increasing the number of federal judgeships fairly. Below a... Read more »