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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Washington, D.C. (February 25, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to the Office of Special Counsel’s (OSC) recommendationtostay the termination of probationary period federal employees in six agencies who filed a complaint alleging they were unlawfully fired by the Trump Administration: “The Office of S... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (February 25, 2025)—Today, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, delivered opening remarks during the hearing on the Fourteenth Amendment and Donald Trump’s illegal assault on birthright citizenship. Below are Ranking Member Scanlon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing. WATCH Ranking Member Scanlon’... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (February 25, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Oversight hearing on the Trump Administration’s efforts to harness the Department of Justice (DOJ) as an authoritarian tool for vengeance and retribution. Below are Ranking Member Raskin’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hea... Read more »