WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's baseless and abhorrent scapegoating of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies following the tragic fatal plane crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) earlier thi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2025: * * * Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to President Donald Trump's latest assault on the nonpartisan federal workforce, this time taking aim at qualified, expert Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agents and DOJ prosecutors who worked on the investiga  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, ranking member of the of the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2025: On January 31, 2025, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin led Committee Democrats in a virtual Member briefing discussion examining the Trump Administration's alarming assault on the career federal prosecutors, special agents, and law enforcement professionals of the Department of Justice (DOJ). The briefing featured a panel of experts, who di  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen Joins Welch, Colleagues in Reintroducing Withstanding Extreme Agricultural Threats by Harvesting Economic Resilience (WEATHER) Act U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) in reintroducing the Withstanding Extreme Agricultural Threats   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: * * * Van Hollen, Lee Introduce Bill to Fully Fund Title I, Special Education U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-Nev.) have reintroduced their Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers (PACT) Act, legislation to put Congress on a fiscally responsible path to fully fund Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) on a mandatory basis. T  more