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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley responded to the Trump administration’s recent announcement regarding the creation of a new Assistant Attorney General position dedicated to combating waste, fraud, and abuse in government.
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U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, who serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, questioned Will Chamberlain, senior counsel at the Article III Project, during a hearing of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal...
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U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, who serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued a statement following the fatal shooting of a woman by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis during...
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U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse have asked White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles to clarify her access to materials in the Epstein Files.
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U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, who serves as the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued a statement on January 6, 2026, marking five years since the attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Five years ago on this day, armed...
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A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators, led by Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), has called for an audit by the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG) regarding the Department’s compliance with the Epstein Files...
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin have issued a joint statement criticizing the Trump administration for not including their committee in a Capitol Hill briefing about the arrest of Nicolás Maduro.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dick Durbin issued a joint statement following the Trump administration’s decision to exclude their committee from a Capitol Hill briefing on the arrest of Nicolás Maduro.
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Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, recently reflected on his experiences with parenting and public service in an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal.
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U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have introduced four criminal justice reform bills aimed at furthering the goals of the First Step Act (FSA), nearly seven years after its passage.
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U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, who serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued a statement after the Department of Justice did not release the complete Epstein files as required by federal law. “Yesterday could...
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U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, who serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has issued a statement in response to a whistleblower report concerning U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
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The Senate has confirmed 13 U.S. Attorneys and the Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, following a vote of 53-43.
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U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, has joined Senator Richard Blumenthal and Representative Deborah Ross in introducing new legislation aimed at increasing transparency in the Supreme Court’s...
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U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), who serves as the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released a statement ahead of the statutory deadline for the Trump Administration to release files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
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U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin and Senator Tammy Duckworth, both representing Illinois, have submitted a criminal referral to the Department of Justice regarding alleged unconstitutional immigration enforcement activities by Trump...
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The Senate has unanimously passed two bipartisan bills designed to address foreign influence in U.S. policy, both authored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ranking...
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U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have introduced the Sunset Section 230 Act, a bill that would repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act two years after its enactment.
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U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with all Senate Judiciary Democrats, has called on Chairman Chuck Grassley to hold a hearing regarding the Trump Administration’s use of military...
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U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), who serves as Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced on the Senate floor that he and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) have submitted a criminal referral to the Justice Department.