Press Releases

Washington, D.C.--House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Constitution Subcommittee Ranking Member James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting information about what role the Justice Department may have played in the job offers made to Rep.

Washington, DC - Ranking Member Lamar Smith (TX-21) and 15 other Members of Congress will show their support with a welcome message to participants in the Phoenix Rising Rally to be held on Saturday, June 5 from 3-6 PM in Phoenix, Ariz.  The rally is being held in support of Arizona’s new immigration enforcement law. 

Washington, D.C.--House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today called on Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-Mich.) to hold hearings on the Sestak-Romanoff job offers.

Washington, DC - House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today demanded that White House officials give their statements regarding the Sestak-Romanoff job offers under oath. 

Washington, DC - Responding to a memo (Sestak Memorandum) released last Friday purporting to resolve allegations of criminal misconduct by White House officials, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), and Rep.

Washington, DC - Judiciary CommitteeRanking Member Lamar Smith (R-Texas) issued the following statement responding to reports that Administration officials may have offered a job to former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff in an attempt to keep him from running against Democratic Senator Michael Bennet: