July 2023
Washington D.C. (July 12, 2023)—On Monday, July 17, 2023, at 4:15 p.m. ET, Rep. Cori Bush, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, will host a roundtable with advocates, experts and providers to examine the consequences of continued attempts to restrict abortion access, including in states where abortion is legal, as part of Republican efforts to impose a national abortion ban.
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Josh Hawley (R-MO), along with U.S. Representatives James Comer (R-KY), Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Nancy Mace (R-SC) and Gerald E.
Washington, D.C. (July 12, 2023)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Rep. Dan Goldman sent a letter to Chairman James Comer calling for an investigation into whether Committee Republicans may have relied on false statements or misinformation provided by Mr. Gal Luft.
Washington, D.C. (July 12, 2023)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, urged Chairman James Comer to hold a public hearing with Norfolk Southern. Raskin made the request Norfolk Southern's failure to provide critical information requested by Committee Democrats in their investigation into the company's dangerous train derailment on February 3, 2023, in East Palestine, OH.
| Washington, D.C. (July 11, 2023)—Today, Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D., Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, led Select Subcommittee Democrats in refuting Select Subcommittee Republicans' claims about the drafting and publication of the "Proximal Origin" paper published by Nature magazine in March 2020, which examined the emergence of the novel coronavirus. |
| Washington, D.C. (July 11, 2023)—Below is Ranking Member Raul Ruiz's, M.D. opening statement, as prepared for delivery, at today's Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing examining the drafting and publication of the "Proximal Origin" paper, which was published in Nature magazine in March 2020 and explored the possible origins of the novel coronavirus. |
Washington, D.C. (July 11, 2023)—Today, ahead of a hearing to examine the drafting and publication of the "Proximal Origin" paper, Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D., Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, released a staff report refuting Select Subcommittee Republicans' allegations that former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Dr.