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Ranking Member Raskin’s Opening Remarks During Hearing Contrasting the Biden-Harris Administration’s Successes with Project 2025’s Dark Vision for a Second Trump Term
September 19, 2024
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Washington, D.C. (September 19, 2024)—Below is Ranking Member Jamie Raskin’s opening statement  at today’s full committee hearing, for which Chairman Comer convened four witnesses with ties to the radical Project 2025 to audition for top jobs in a second Trump Administration

Subcommittees
118th Congress
Issues: Administration Defense & National Security Economy & Jobs Gun Control Health Care Voting Rights Economy Education Energy
Ranking Member Raskin, Chairman Comer, Krishnamoorthi, Moolenaar Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Empower Federal Acquisition Security Council
September 17, 2024
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Washington, D.C. (September 17, 2024)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Rep. James Comer, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Rep. John Moolenaar, Chairman of the Select Committee on the CCP, and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, Ranking Member of the Select Committee on the CCP, introduced the Federal Acquisition Security Council (FASC) Improvement Act of 2024 (H.R. 9597). This bill improves the Council’s ability to protect the federal supply chain from nefarious entities owned or controlled by a foreign adversary by excluding such entities from procurement processes or removing them from federal information systems. 
Ranking Member Raskin and Chairman Comer Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control Policy
September 17, 2024
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Washington, D.C. (September 17, 2024)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, and Rep. James Comer, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, introduced the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Reauthorization Act of 2024 (H.R. 9598) to reauthorize the ONDCP and related programs and ensure federal agencies are properly resourced to hold accountable those who are trafficking drugs into the United States at the southwest border.
Subcommittees
118th Congress
Issues: Defense & National Security Opioids
Ranking Member Ruiz’s Opening Statement at Select Subcommittee Hearing with Former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo
September 10, 2024
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Washington, D.C. (September 10, 2024)—Below is Ranking Member Raul Ruiz’s, M.D. opening statement at today’s Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic hearing with former Governor Andrew Cuomo.   
Subcommittees
118th Congress
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (118th Congress)
Issues: Coronavirus
Select Subcommittee Democrats Introduce New Legislation to Strengthen Nursing Home Infection Prevention and Control
September 10, 2024
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Washington, D.C. (September 10, 2024)—Today, Rep. Raul Ruiz, M.D., Ranking Member of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, led Select Subcommittee Democrats in introducing legislation to increase and ensure that sustainable funding will be available for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Survey and Certification activities. 
Subcommittees
118th Congress
Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic (118th Congress)
Issues: Coronavirus
Raskin, Smith, Takano Call for Transparency and Expediency of Investigation into Abuse of Arlington National Cemetery by Former President Trump
September 10, 2024
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Washington, D.C. (September 10, 2024)—Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability; Rep. Adam Smith, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee; and Rep. Mark Takano, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, issued a joint statement today calling on the U.S.

Subcommittees
118th Congress
Ranking Member Mfume’s Opening Statement at Subcommittee Hearing Examining Tools to Combat Improper Payments, Fraud in Federal Programs
Oversight Democrats Urge Republicans to Support Legislation to Combat Improper Payments
September 10, 2024
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Washington, D.C. (September 10, 2024)— Today, Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Accountability, once again urged Committee Republicans to support his legislation H.R.

Subcommittees
118th Congress
Government Operations and the Federal Workforce (118th Congress)
Issues: Coronavirus
In New Bicameral Letters, Democrats Demand Big Oil Executives Comply with Investigation Into Trump’s Attempt to Sell Official Actions for $1 Billion
September 10, 2024
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Washington, D.C. (September 10, 2024)—Rep. Jamie Raskin, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability; Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee; and Sen. Ron Wyden, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent new letters to top oil and gas executives demanding compliance with the Committees’ original requests for information regarding quid pro quo solicitations made by former President Donald Trump.  Mr.

Subcommittees
118th Congress
Issues: Energy & Environment
Oversight Democrats Demand Chairman Comer Hold Hearing on Ongoing Gun Violence Epidemic
September 9, 2024
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Washington, D.C. (September 9, 2024)—Rep.

Subcommittees
118th Congress
Issues: Gun Control
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