Washington, D.C. (January 28, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement and a fact sheet after the Trump Administration announced a sweeping freeze on all federal funding—a brazen attack on millions of American families and a blatant episode of executive trespass on Congressional powers. “The Trump Administration’s unprecedent... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 28, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Gerald E. Connolly, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, are demanding answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Acting Attorney General James R. McHenry III following reports of sweeping firings and involuntary reassignments of career civil servan... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 25, 2025)— Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined House Committee Ranking Members in a letter to President Donald Trump condemning his attempted late-night purge of at least 12 independent inspectors general, which appears to have violated federal law designed to protect their work from political interference and intimidation. Th... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 23, 2025)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to a memorandum sent by Acting Deputy Attorney General and former personal criminal defense attorney to President Donald Trump, Emil Bove, to all Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors directing them to investigate state and local government off... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 22, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing on immigration enforcement. Below are Ranking Member Raskin’s remarks, as delivered, at the subcommittee hearing. WATCH Ranking Member Raskin’s floor statement Ranking Member ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 22, 2025)—Today, Rep. Zoe Lofgren delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement hearing on immigration enforcement. Below are Rep. Lofgren’s remarks, as delivered, at today’s subcommittee hearing. WATCH Rep. Lofgren’s opening statement. Rep. Zoe Lofgren Subcommittee on Immigration, Integrity, Security, and Enforcement H... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 22, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led Committee Democrats in debunking Republican mistruths on immigration enforcement under the Biden Administration and outlining the harms of President Donald Trump’s day one executive orders that demonize immigrants, reduce legal immigration, reverse immigration policies that were prove... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 21, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the Trump Administration announced its day one executive orders: “This is the closest margin between the parties in the House of Representatives in decades and Donald Trump received less than 50% of the popular vote, but the new governing team of MAG... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 16, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Daniel Goldman led Committee Democrats in a letter urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to release Volume 2 of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s report on President-elect Donald Trump’s refusal to return classified documents after he left office. The letter comes on the heels of the publ... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (January 16, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 30—the so-called “Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act” that would harm survivors of domestic violence and does nothing to keep survivors safe. Below are Ranking Member Raskin’s remarks on the House floor today, and the vid... Read more »
