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WATCH LIVE: At 10 AM ET, the Judiciary Committee holds a hearing entitled “Dereliction of Duty: Examining the Inspector General’s Report on the FBI’s Handling of the Larry Nassar Investigation.”
WATCH LIVE: At 10:00 AM ET, the Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the nominations of Beth Robinson to the Second Circuit; Jennifer Sung to the Ninth Circuit; Rahul Gupta to be Director of National Drug Control Policy; and Elizabeth Prelogar to be Solicitor General.
WATCH LIVE: Senator Whitehouse—Chair of the Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action and Federal Rights—holds a hearing entitled "Breaking the Logjam: Principles and Practice of Congressional Oversight and Executive Privilege"
WATCH LIVE: Currently 45 million Americans hold more than $1.7 trillion in student loan debt. Unlike most other types of debt, student loans are not dischargeable in bankruptcy except in extremely rare circumstances. It's time for #StudentLoanBankruptcyReform
America is in the middle of a student debt crisis, with the total amount of debt reaching $1.7 trillion.
Today we'll be sharing stories of how this crisis is affecting Americans of every age and background. Head to our Twitter @JudiciaryDems and share your story by tweeting with #StudentLoanBankruptcyReform
WATCH LIVE: At 2:30 PM ET, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Beefing up Competition: Examining America’s Food Supply Chain” to discuss ways to provide more fairness and transparency for family farmers and consumers.
WATCH LIVE: At 10:00 AM ET, the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on pending nominations. Today’s panels include Fourth Circuit nominee Toby Heytens, four district court nominees, and an Assistant AG.
WATCH LIVE: At 10:00 AM ET, SJC holds the first-ever full Judiciary Committee hearing on ransomware—the first Congressional testimony this year by the Justice Department and FBI on this threat.
Throughout the instability of the pandemic, one thing has remained constant: our domestic food supply chain remained intact.
Our food supply is secure because of our 2.4 million farmworkers—half of whom are undocumented.
WATCH and show your support for #FarmworkerLegalization:
WATCH LIVE: At 10:00 AM ET, SJC will hold a hearing entitled “Immigrant Farmworkers are Essential to Feeding America" to examine the essential contributions of immigrant farmworkers to our food supply and highlight the need for a path to citizenship for undocumented farmworkers.
We must protect Americans’ right to vote.
HAPPENING NOW: As voting rights come under attack across the country, Senator Blumenthal’s Subcommittee on the Constitution is hearing from experts about this danger to the foundation of our democracy.
WATCH LIVE: The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the President's latest executive and judicial nominees.
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The attacks on the ballot box we see today mirror the racist attacks on political rights at the turn of the 20th century.
The historic parallels are clear. To deny this vestige of Jim Crow is to ignore the realities of racism in America.
WATCH:
WATCH: The Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights holds a hearing entitled "A Prescription for Change: Cracking Down on Anticompetitive Conduct in Prescription Drug Markets"
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In case you missed it: Today, Attorney General Garland joined Deputy AG Lisa Monaco, Associate AG Vanita Gupta, and AAG for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke to announce their latest actions to defend your right to vote.
This is what your senior Justice Department leadership looks like.
And they're just getting started.
In case you missed it: Today, Attorney General Garland joined Deputy AG Lisa Monaco, Associate AG Vanita Gupta, and AAG for Civil Rights Kristen Clarke to announce their latest actions to defend your right to vote.
This is what your senior Justice Department leadership looks like.
And they're just getting started.
WATCH LIVE: Senator Padilla holds a Senate Judiciary Committee Immigration Subcommittee hearing on how we can better honor our noncitizen veterans and military families.
WATCH LIVE: At 9:30 AM ET, the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on five executive and judicial nominations to the First Circuit, District of Massachusetts, District of New Jersey, DOJ Office of Legislative Affairs, and DOJ Office of Legal Counsel.
WATCH LIVE: At 2:30 PM ET, Senator Leahy—Chair of the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property—holds a subcommittee hearing entitled "Protecting Real Innovations by Improving Patent Quality."
This is our chance to come together to make substantial improvements to our criminal justice system by fixing one of the worst policies to come out of the failed war on drugs: the crack-powder disparity.
Congress needs to finish this job. WATCH:
WATCH LIVE: At 10:00 AM ET, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a full committee hearing entitled “Examining Federal Sentencing for Crack and Powder Co***ne.”
TUNE IN: Reproductive health is under attack. In 2021 alone, 500+ state-level restrictions on abortion have been introduced. Today, the Judiciary Committee is holding the first pro-choice hearing in the Senate since 2014.
In 2019, the House passed the American Dream and Promise Act. It gathered dust in McConnell's Senate.
So in March, they passed it again. It cannot gather dust in this Senate.
The Dreamers in this video and across the nation have waited long enough. Share if you agree: #LetThemDream
WATCH LIVE: On the 9th anniversary of DACA and 20 years after Senator Durbin introduced the original Dream Act, Chair Durbin holds the second-ever hearing on protections for Dreamers and TPS holders. These Americans are counting on Congress to #LetThemDream
Chair Senator Dick Durbin has been fighting for Dreamers for 20 years, since introducing the first Dream Act in 2001.
Under his leadership, tomorrow this Committee will finally hold a hearing on the Dream and Promise Act.
Dreamers are counting on Congress to pass this legislation.
WATCH LIVE: At 10 AM ET, the Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on five of President Biden's judicial nominees. The nominees include Eunice Lee (2nd Circuit); Veronica Rossman (10th Circuit); and David Estudillo, Lauren King, and Tana Lin (Western District of Washington).
BREAKING NEWS: Documents uncovered by the Senate Judiciary Committee and Chair Durbin reveal that Mark Meadows pressured DOJ to investigate unfounded conspiracy theories about the 2020 presidential election in an attempt to nullify the results.
Emails show the increasingly urgent efforts by President Trump and his allies during his last days in office to find some way to undermine, or even nullify, the election results.
In March, Stella Keating (16) told her powerful story before this Committee as the first openly trans teen to testify before the Senate—the first, but not the last.
For Stella and for LGBTQ youth everywhere, we need the Equality Act.
“What happens if I want to attend a college in a state that doesn’t protect me?” the 16-year-old said when she testified in favor of the Equality Act in March.
WATCH LIVE at 10 AM ET: Today the Judiciary Committee is holding its sixth nominations hearing of the 117th Congress, as we continue to process the Biden Administration’s highly qualified judicial and Executive Branch nominees.
LIVE: Safe gun storage saves lives. Something as simple as a lock or a gun safe would prevent hundreds of needless deaths. In today's Subcommittee on the Constitution, we hear from witnesses who have personal, tragic experiences with the consequences of failing to make safe storage the standard.
Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will debate and vote President Biden's first five judicial nominees. Their diversity, qualifications, and credentials will bring an evenhanded approach to the administration of justice.
Tune in live at 10:30 AM ET: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/05/13/2021/executive-business-meeting
Tomorrow, the Senate Judiciary Committee will debate and vote President Biden's first five judicial nominees. Their diversity, qualifications, and credentials will bring an evenhanded approach to the administration of justice.
Tune in live at 10:30 AM ET: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/05/13/2021/executive-business-meeting
WATCH LIVE: At 2:30 PM ET, Senator Klobuchar—Chair of the Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights—holds a hearing entitled "Antitrust Applied: Hospital Consolidation Concerns and Solutions."
TODAY: At 2:30 PM ET, Senator Klobuchar holds a subcommittee hearing entitled "Antitrust Applied: Hospital Consolidation Concerns and Solutions."
TOMORROW: The full Committee votes on the White House's first five judicial nominees.
Watch both here: https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/
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WATCH: “When many women of the Senate come to the floor, you know something important is going on.”
Kristen Clarke is eminently qualified to lead the Civil Rights Division, and we will confirm her.
These Senate Democratic women have a message: #WeHaveHerBack
We're celebrating 100 Days since America's new Senate Judiciary Committee gaveled in.
Tone is set at the top, and Chair Durbin has made clear: this is a new Judiciary Committee committed to the advancement of civil rights.
WATCH LIVE: at 2:30 PM ET, Senator Padilla chairs his first Immigration Subcommittee hearing—the first Latino U.S. Senator to do so—entitled “The Essential Role of Immigrant Workers in America."
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