Government Oversight

LETTER: HOUSE JUDICIARY DEMOCRATS TO AG SESSIONS - WE WANT ANSWERS ON FRAUD SETTLEMENT, MEETING AT TRUMP TOWER Read more »

Today, all seventeen Democratic members of the House Committee on the Judiciary wrote to Attorney General Jeff Sessions to request information about his decision to abruptly settle United States v. Prevezon Holdings Ltd, a money laundering case that the Department of Justice (DOJ) abruptly settled that involved Russia sanctions, New York real estate holdings, and the lawyer who met with Donald Tru... Read more »

Today, Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee applauded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) for finalizing a rule to prohibit the use of pre-dispute, binding (“forced”) arbitration in contracts for consumer financial products such as checking or savings accounts, student loans, or credit cards. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), along with Judiciary ... Read more »

U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, today called on U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to stop taking away the rights of working people to collectively hold their employers accountable for wage theft, employment discrimination, and other unlawful workplace conduct. Cicilline ... Read more »

CBC LETTER TO NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECRETARIES OF STATE CBC LETTER TO NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE ELECTION DIRECTORS Read more »

Today, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) and Judiciary Committee Democrats sent letters to the National Association of Secretaries of State and the National Association of State Election Directors raising concerns that recent requests of them from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the White House voter fraud commission (Commission) may lead to voter suppression and privacy violations. In... Read more »

LETTER: OVERSIGHT DEMOCRATS & JUDICIARY DEMOCRATS TO DOJ IG HOROWITZ Read more »

Today, all Democrats on the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary sent a letter to the Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz requesting an investigation into whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions violated his recusal when he participated in President Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey. “The actions of Attorney General Sessions in colla... Read more »

Today, sixteen Democratic members of the House Committee on the Judiciary sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) to request that he schedule hearings immediately “to examine events that now extend well beyond any investigation into Russian influence—including the firing of FBI Director James Comey, allegations of obstruction of justice, and the inconsistent application of the Attorney Gene... Read more »

Letter to Chairman Goodlatte (6.21.17) Read more »