Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (116th Congress)

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• December 17, 2020
  Subcommittee Chair Raskin Issues Statement on Trump Administration’s Last-Minute Rulemakings That Allow for LGBTQ+ Discrimination
• December 16, 2020
  Oversight Chairs Seek Member Briefing Related to Executive Order Canceling Diversity, Anti-Racism Training
• December 10, 2020
  FERC Pressed on Failure to Protect Landowners in Natural Gas Construction Projects
• December 07, 2020
  Oversight Subcommittee to Examine FERC’s Failure to Protect Landowner Rights
• November 21, 2020
  Subcommittee Seeks Information About Procedures Used to Resolve Conflicts Between Landowners and Energy Companies
• November 19, 2020
  Maloney, Raskin, Speier, Wasserman Schultz, and Frankel Seek Briefing on DOJ’s Role in Favorable Plea Deal for Sexual Predator Jeffrey Epstein
• November 13, 2020
  Chairs Thompson, Maloney, Correa, and Raskin Announce Coast Guard Has Made Sweeping Policy Changes After Joint Committee Report
• November 13, 2020
  Oversight and Homeland Security Committees Demand ICE Cease Deportations of Victims and Witnesses Alleging Medical Mistreatment at Detention Facilities
• November 02, 2020
  Chairs Seek Information on Trump Administration’s Efforts to Withhold Federal Funds from Cities Deemed “Anarchist Jurisdictions”
• October 02, 2020
  Subcommittee Releases Staff Report on “20 Ways to Secure a Full and Fair Election During the Coronavirus Pandemic”
• September 30, 2020
  Experts Warn Oversight Subcommittee that White Supremacist Infiltration of Law Enforcement Poses a Threat to Cops, Communities
• September 29, 2020
  Subcommittee Seeks Documents in Investigation of White Supremacists Infiltrating Law Enforcement Agencies
• September 29, 2020
  Subcommittee Chairman Raskin Releases FBI Document on White Supremacists in Law Enforcement
• September 28, 2020
  Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Infiltration of White Supremacist Views and Networks in Local Law Enforcement
• September 25, 2020
  Committee Releases Staff Report on For-Profit Contractors Operating Immigrant Detention Centers
• September 04, 2020
  Oversight Committee Seeks Answers Regarding Detention of Two Black Mothers on National Mall
• September 04, 2020
  Oversight Subcommittee Requests DOJ Probe into Violent Gangs Operating Within Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
• September 03, 2020
  Subcommittee Chairs Demand Answers from DOD on Racial Disparities in Military Justice System
• August 19, 2020
  Subcommittee Requests Trump Administration Reverse LGBTQ+ Discrimination Policies in Light of Bostock v. Clayton County
• August 14, 2020
  Oversight Subcommittee Seeks Information on “Citizens Academy” Programs at ICE
• August 13, 2020
  Subcommittee Chair Raskin Leads Letter Condemning National Labor Relations Board’s Effort to Remove Nondiscrimination Protections for LGBTQ+ Employees
• July 21, 2020
  Chairs Maloney and Raskin Condemn Trump Administration’s Use of Federal Officers in Portland, Oregon
• July 17, 2020
  Subcommittees Oppose Potentially Dangerous Language and Raise Public Health Concerns in the State Department’s Unalienable Rights Draft Report and Release Event
• July 15, 2020
  Raskin, Pressley Condemn Federal Execution, Demand Documents on Pentobarbital
• July 13, 2020
  Senior House Democrats Call on Secretary Ross to Immediately Withdraw Unprecedented Political Appointees at Census Bureau
• July 06, 2020
  Subcommittees Demand More Transparency and Public Participation in State Department’s Unalienable Rights Meetings and Report
• June 30, 2020
  Activists, Journalists, and Clergy Brief Subcommittee on First Amendment Violations by Police at Recent Protests
• June 25, 2020
  Subcommittee to Hold Briefing on First Amendment Violations at Black Lives Matter Protests
• June 21, 2020
  Committee Examines Effects of Systemic Racism in Policing Practices
• June 15, 2020
  Oversight Committee Chairs Demand Trump Administration Investigate White Supremacist Activity at Protests
• June 12, 2020
  FERC Rules in Favor of Landowners After Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Investigation
• June 09, 2020
  Chairs Raskin and Castro Raise Concerns that Upcoming Report by State Department’s “Unalienable Rights” Commission Will Harm Global Human Rights
• June 06, 2020
  Committee Seeks Documents on President’s Surge of Unidentified Federal Law Enforcement Officers in Nation’s Capital
• June 05, 2020
  Oversight and Homeland Chairs Issue Statement on DHS IG Report Confirming Findings in Joint Investigation
• May 27, 2020
  Oversight Committee Introduces Fair and Accurate Census Act
• May 14, 2020
  Oversight Committee Finds ICE Misleads American People on Spread of Coronavirus in Detention Facilities
• April 28, 2020
  Subcommittee Releases Preliminary Findings Showing FERC Pipeline Approval Process Skewed Against Landowners
• April 01, 2020
  New Emails Show GSA Involvement in the Trump Administration’s Plan to Abolish OPM
• March 21, 2020
  Committee Warns of Shortages of Protective Equipment and Medical Supplies
• March 19, 2020
  Oversight Committee Seeks Administration’s Plan for Coronavirus Testing Amid Widespread Rationing
• March 13, 2020
  Maloney, Lynch, Connolly, Krishnamoorthi, Raskin, and Rouda Issue Joint Statement on President Trump Declaring National Emergency
• March 11, 2020
  Maloney and Raskin Seek Docs from ICE and CBP on Coronavirus Procedures for Detainees
• February 24, 2020
  Civil Rights Subcommittee Seeks Information on State Compliance with the National Voter Registration Act
• February 19, 2020
  Oversight Subcommittee Launches Investigation into Use of Eminent Domain by Energy Companies
• February 10, 2020
  Oversight Committee Held Hearing Series Examining Trump Administration’s Attack on Children
• January 30, 2020
  Subcommittees Examined the Use of Blasphemy, Heresy, and Apostasy Laws Around the World
• January 28, 2020
  Oversight and Foreign Affairs Subcommittees to Examine Global Religious Persecution
• December 12, 2019
  Subcommittees Reviewed Findings of 18-Month Investigation into Coast Guard’s Handling of Harassment, Bullying, and Retaliation Allegations
• December 10, 2019
  Thompson and Maloney Highlight Coast Guard Obstruction After Commandant Refuses to Testify
• December 09, 2019
  Oversight and Homeland Security Subcommittees to Examine Findings of Investigation into Coast Guard’s Handling of Harassment, Bullying, and Retaliation Allegations
• October 31, 2019
  At Oversight Hearing, Cuccinelli Finally Admits He Made Decision to Deport Critically Ill Children
• October 29, 2019
  Cuccinelli and Albence to Testify on Trump Administration’s Decision to Deport Critically Ill Children
• October 23, 2019
  Subcommittee Examined the Oil Industry’s Efforts to Suppress Climate Science
• October 21, 2019
  Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Examines the Oil Industry's Climate Denial Campaign
• October 17, 2019
  Cuccinelli and Albence Agree to Testify Next Week on Inhumane Policy of Deporting Critically Ill Children
• October 10, 2019
  Oversight Committee Readies Subpoenas to USCIS and ICE on Deporting Critically Ill Children
• September 30, 2019
  Subcommittee Chairmen Seek Info on Intelligence Community’s Strategy to Combat White Supremacist Terrorism
• September 21, 2019
  Subcommittees Hold Third Hearing on Confronting Violent White Supremacy
• September 20, 2019
  DHS Issues Strategy to Counter Violent White Supremacy After Multiple Committee Hearings
• September 18, 2019
  Oversight Seeks Testimony From Top USCIS and ICE Officials After DHS Breaches Agreement with Committee
• September 16, 2019
  Subcommittee Chairmen Issue Joint Statement on White Nationalist Terrorism Hearings
• September 12, 2019
  Subcommittee Examined Administration’s Decision to Deport Critically Ill Children During Emergency Hearing
• August 14, 2019
  Oversight Subcommittee Investigates Trump Administration’s Decision to Resume Federal Executions
• July 24, 2019
  Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee Examined Preparations for the 2020 Census in Light of Trump’s Citizenship Question Campaign
• July 09, 2019
  Chairman Raskin to Hold Subcommittee Hearing on Treatment of Immigrant Children
• July 03, 2019
  Census Bureau Director Agrees to Testify on Planning and Preparation
• June 06, 2019
  Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Held Hearing on the Federal Response to Confronting Violent White Supremacy
• June 03, 2019
  Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to Hold Hearing on the Federal Response to Confronting Violent White Supremacy
• May 29, 2019
  Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Examined State and Local Importance of the Census
• May 24, 2019
  Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee to Hold Field Hearing on the State and Local Importance of the Census
• May 14, 2019
  Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties to Hold Hearing on the Consequences of Not Confronting White Supremacy
• April 29, 2019
  Cummings and Raskin Seek Compliance from Texas in Voter Suppression Probe
• March 14, 2019
  Subcommittees Examined Legislation to “Ban the Box”
• March 12, 2019
  Subcommittees to Hold Hearing on Legislation to “Ban the Box”