Judy Chu

It will not help us to face this challenge by suggesting that when we follow the law we are somehow making up a new policy.

Just 2 weeks ago, I visited the unaccompanied minors being housed at the naval base in Ventura County.

I believe that this is actually cost effective because detained individuals who have information regarding their rights prior to their first hearing spend an average 11 fewer days in detention.

This humanitarian crisis poses an enormous challenge.

It has been almost 1 year since two-thirds of the Senate--Democrats and Republicans--voted for comprehensive immigration reform. So House Republicans have had 1 year to address the 4.3 million families languishing in the immigration…

One of the most precious rights we have as Americans is the right to vote. But every day it is becoming more difficult to do it. Today is nearly 1 year after the Supreme Court's Shelby decision, which gutted provisions of the Voting Rights…

We're here today to talk about how we can help small businesses operate in the NextGen space.

The consequences for wrongful inclusion on the no-fly list can be devastating.

The San Gabriel Mountains are a defining feature of my district, and their peaks form a beautiful crown for the Los Angeles region. But they are deteriorating as forest rangers grapple with more than 3 million visitors annually. Trails are…

We welcomed the FBI's announcement last year that it will be expanding the hate crime incident report used by law enforcement to include crimes motivated by bias against Sikhs, Hindus, and Arab Americans.

In March 2013, there were 100 Members of Congress, including myself, that sent a letter to the FBI and Attorney General Holder urging the FBI to include the religious groups and Arab Americans in hate crime tracking.

These royalty disparities are in need of attention and ultimately a resolution so that we can continue to have a vibrant environment that fosters creativity and growth.

I firmly believe that all artists should be fairly compensated across all platforms.

As Co-Chair of the Creative Rights Caucus, I firmly believe that artists should be fairly compensated across all platforms but we know this is not the case in the U.S.

Targeting American Muslims for scrutiny based on their religion violates the core principles of religious freedom and equal protection under the law.

The Affordable Care Act's mandate... serves two compelling governmental interests--namely, the protection of public health and welfare and the promotion of gender equality.

Corporations are not people. And even if they are capable of having religious beliefs, these corporations aren't entitled to relief under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

It is just not fair for songwriters to be paid, on average, 8 cents for every 1,000 streams of their songs on digital radio.

the Obama administration's enforcement efforts with regard to protecting religious freedom in the workplace and elsewhere are to be commended.

I believe that the opposite is true, and that is immigration agents now deport most people without ever bringing them before an immigration judge.

3 years ago, my nephew, Lance Corporal Marine Harry Lew, was a victim of military hazing while stationed in Afghanistan. After 3\1/2\ hours of a brutal beating and torment by fellow soldiers, he took his own life. Since then, I have…

Consumers today have several options for how they view content, whether it be through pay TV carriers, their bunny ears, or through the internet.

The key point is that a legitimate role of antitrust is to keep the pathways for innovation open.

The antitrust theory is that after the merger, the company would have both the ability and the incentive to withhold NBC and sports programming from rivals.

If, as I believe, the merger is anti-competitive, the best remedy is simply to say no.