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Ranking Member Raskin Announces Democratic Members of House Judiciary Committee for the 119th Congress

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Washington, D.C. (January 14, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement announcing new Democratic Members of the Committee for the 119th Congress: “I am thrilled to welcome this team of Democratic all-stars and legal eagles to the Committee for the 119th Congress. This stellar roster of Democrats will wage a front-line defens... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin Announces Rep. Becca Balint as Vice Ranking Member of House Judiciary Committee

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Washington, D.C. (January 14, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement announcing that Rep. Becca Balint will serve as Vice Ranking Member on the Committee for the 119th Congress: “I am happy to announce that Vermont’s beloved Rep. Becca Balint will be serving alongside me as the Vice Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Com... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin’s Statement on Special Counsel David Weiss’s Report on Hunter Biden Investigation

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Washington, D.C. (January 13, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the Department of Justice (DOJ) released Special Counsel David Weiss’s report on Hunter Biden: “Special Counsel David Weiss—who was unimpeded by political interference despite the extraordinary nature of his investigation into a sitting President’s s... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin Demands Justice Alito Recuse from Donald J. Trump v. New York Following Private Phone Call with President-Elect Donald Trump

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Washington, D.C. (January 9, 2025)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement following a report that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke with President-elect Donald Trump, one day before Trump’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to delay his sentencing in his New York hush money case: “Yesterday, we learned that President-elect T... Read more »

Ranking Member Raskin on House Floor Opposing MAGA Bill that Does Nothing to Fix Broken Immigration System and Requires Detention of the Wrongly Accused

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WASHINGTON, DC (January 7, 2025) - Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, spoke on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act, a bill that exploits Laken Riley’s tragic death and does nothing to fix our broken immigration system and instead requires the Attorney General to detain people wrongly accused of petty crimes like shoplifting. Below a... Read more »

Nadler Releases Democratic Staff Report on Republicans’ Unsubstantiated and Politically Motivated Attacks against Special Counsel David Weiss’s Investigation

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today released a Democratic staff report titled, "Trying to Prove a Negative: Republicans’ Unsubstantiated and Politically Motivated Attacks against Special Counsel David Weiss’s Investigation." In the forward to the Report, Ranking Member Nadler writes, in part: "One year, nine interviews, countless taxpayer dollars, and hundreds of h... Read more »

Nadler Releases Democratic Staff Report on Republicans' Deluded Theory to Undermine Free Speech

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) today released a Democratic staff report titled, "The Delusion of Collusion: The Republican Effort to Weaponize Antitrust and Undermine Free Speech." The report highlights what Democratic members and staff have learned about Chairman Jordan's crusade to use taxpayer funds to accuse advertisers of "colluding" to set discuss brand safety... Read more »

Nadler seeks re-election as Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee

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Dear Democratic Colleague: I write to seek your support to continue serving as Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee in the 119th Congress. At a time when the very fabric of our democracy is threatened by the incoming Administration and their allies in Congress, my Democratic colleagues on the Committee and I pledge to stand as a bulwark against the MAGA Majority's dangerous agenda. As a New ... Read more »

Ranking Member Nadler Opening Statement for the House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee Hearing on Oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement

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WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, for the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Hearing on “Oversight of Homeland Security and Investigations”: "Mr. Chairman, today, the immigration subcommittee is conducting an oversight hearing on the Department of Health and Human Servic... Read more »

Ranking Member Nadler Statement on Nomination of Rep. Matt Gaetz as U.S. Attorney General

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Today, U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement: “If there were any lingering questions of the direction Donald Trump will take our country, look no further than the nomination of Matt Gaetz as United States Attorney General. “As both Chair and Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, I’ve had a front-row seat to Mr... Read more »