U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Maryland
House Oversight Subcommittee on Civil Rights Chairman Raskin to Hold Hearing on Politically Motivated Efforts to Ban Books and Censor Free Speech in Schools, Public Libraries
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, issued the following news release on April 4, 2022:
On Thursday, April 7, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. ET, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, will hold a hearing to examine the ongoing efforts across the country to ban books from schools and public libraries.
Book challenges and bans are rising at unprecedented
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