We should ask whether there needs to be greater transparency with respect to information regarding the Federal judiciary.

I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and will do equal right to the poor and the rich, and will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me, according to the…

Congress has an interest in ensuring that this hard-earned reputation is maintained.

The Federal judiciary is the pillar of our Nation's government, an institution nearly synonymous with upholding the rule of law.

Reckless, stained attacks on the integrity and legitimacy of individual justices and judges have become all too common.

Slavery was our Nation's original sin.

An honest reckoning with the Federal Government's role in protecting the institution of slavery has been a leading priority in my congressional career.

Mr. Conyers is a former colleague, a former chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, a great American, and a great leader.

It is only fitting, then, that we should hold a hearing today on H.R. 40.

My resolution emphasized that, while slavery was our Nation's original sin, the underlying sin of anti-Black racism did not end with the Civil War and the 13th Amendment.

The White House pleaded a non-existent absolute immunity and that will not stay.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, when a congressional committee issues a subpoena, compliance is not optional. We expect witnesses to testify when summoned. We expect the administration to comply with subpoenas and to…