Government Oversight

Washington, D.C. (Apr. 9, 2019)—Five House Committee Chairs sent letters to the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the White House requesting documents and information regarding the involvement of White House officials in the Administration’s troubling decision to not defend the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The letters were si... Read more »

On Tuesday, April 9, at 9 a.m. E.T. Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr., Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler and House Democrats will hold a press conference to unveil new letters to the Attorney General, HHS Secretary, and the White House demanding the production of documents related to the Trump Administration’s decision to expand its assault on Americans’ health car... Read more »

Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr to raise concerns about his handling of Special Counsel Mueller’s report and to call for any summaries that may have been prepared by the Special Counsel to be released to the public. This letter follows press reports that note that some in the Special Counsel’s office have raised concern... Read more »

Letter to the Copyright Office on IT modernization status in light of the Fourth Estate decision Read more »

Letter to AG Barr 4/4/19 Read more »

Today, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement during the Committee's markup authorizing a subpoena for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s full report, along with its underlying evidence and related matters, as well as subpoenas to five individuals—Donald McGahn, Steven Bannon, Hope Hicks, Reince Priebus and Ann Donaldson—who were sent document reques... Read more »

Yesterday, the chairs of six committees in the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to U.S. Attorney General William Barr moving forward on their demand that Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report be made available to Congress together with the underlying evidence. The letter was signed by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, Committee on Oversight and Reform Chairman Elijah E. Cummi... Read more »

On April 3, 2019 at 9 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will markup a resolution to authorize subpoenas for Special Counsel Mueller’s full and complete report, its underlying evidence and related matters. This markup will provide the Committee an opportunity to vote on authorizing the issuance of subpoenas. The timing of the issuance will be left to the discretion of Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-N... Read more »

Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) released the following statement in response to a letter he received from Attorney General William Barr: “As I informed the Attorney General earlier this week, Congress requires the full and complete Mueller report, without redactions, as well as access to the underlying evidence, by April 2. That deadline still stands. “As I also inf... Read more »

Letter from AG Barr 3.29.19 Read more »