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Ranking Member Raskin Demands Inspector General Probe Suspicious Timing of Stock Sale By Attorney General Bondi

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Washington, D.C. (May 20, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, sent a letter to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz urging him to investigate whether Attorney General Pam Bondi or any other DOJ officials engaged in illegal insider trading ahead of President Donald Trump’s tariff announcement, following reports Bondi sold... Read more »

Subcommittee Ranking Member Crockett’s Opening Statement at Hearing on the Trump Administration’s Campaign to Stifle Congressional Oversight

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Washington, D.C. (May 20, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, delivered opening remarks at a hearing on so-called “threats” to ICE enforcement, where Committee Republicans aided and abetted the Trump Administration’s campaign to stifle Congressional oversight. Below are Ranking Member Crockett’s remarks at today’s hearing. WATCH Ranking Member Crock... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin’s Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing on the Trump Administration’s Campaign to Stifle Congressional Oversight

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Washington, D.C. (May 20, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, delivered opening remarks at the Subcommittee on Oversight hearing on so-called “threats” to ICE enforcement, where Committee Republicans aided and abetted the Trump Administration’s campaign to stifle Congressional oversight. Below are Ranking Member Raskin’s remarks at today’s hearing. WATC... Read more »

Ranking Members Raskin, Jayapal, Crockett, Scanlon, Nadler, Johnson, McBath, Statement on DOJ Targeting of Representative McIver

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Washington, D.C. (May 19, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oversight, Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, Re... Read more »

Judiciary Democrats Open Investigation into Trump’s Qatari Plane Deal, Seek Answers from Trump DOJ and White House Counsel

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Washington, D.C. (May 15, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led Committee Democrats in a letter demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ) and White House Counsel’s Office provide legal memoranda that reportedly bless Donald Trump’s efforts to flout the clear text of the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause and accept a luxury private jet—described... Read more »

Antitrust Subcommittee Ranking Member Nadler’s Opening Statement at Hearing on Republican Attacks on Science and Public Health

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Washington, D.C. (May 14, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust, delivered opening remarks at the subcommittee hearing on Republicans’ assault on science, scientists, and medical research. Below are Ranking Member Nadler’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today’s subcommittee hearing. WATCH Ranking Me... Read more »

Top House Dems Demand All Suspicious Activity Reports Related to Trump Crypto Ventures, Musk PAC, and WinRed

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Washington, D.C. (May 14, 2025)—Today, 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, Rep. Joe Morelle, Ranking Member of the Committee on House Administration, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent demanding that Treasury make available to the Committees all suspicious... Read more »

House Judiciary Democrats File Resolution Demanding Trump Comply With Constitutional Rules on Foreign Gifts By Seeking the Consent of Congress Before Accepting Qatari “Flying Palace”

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Washington, D.C. (May 14, 2025)— Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, led Committee Democrats in filing a Resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s efforts to accept a $400 million luxury private jet from the royal family of Qatar without obtaining Congress’s approval, in violation of the Constitution’s Foreign Emoluments Clause “The Constitution’s Foreign Emolu... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin, Nadler, Schneider to President Trump: Ed Martin Is Unfit to Serve in Any Capacity in Federal Government

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Washington, D.C. (May 13, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, and Rep. Brad Schneider, issued the following statement detailing that Ed Martin is not fit to serve in any position in the federal government, citing his close association with neo-Nazis, white nationalists, and other antisemitic extremists: “Ed Martin is unfit to... Read more »

House Democrats’ Litigation Task Force Challenges Trump’s Unlawful, Chaotic Imposition of IEEPA Tariffs

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Washington, D.C. (May 13, 2025)— Late Monday, House Democrats’ Litigation and Rapid Response Task Force led 148 Members of Congress in filing an amicus brief challenging President Donald Trump’s sweeping and chaotic tariffs unlawfully imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA). The lawmakers’ brief stands up for Congress’s Article I exclusive legislative power to impose ... Read more »