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Oversight, Federal Rights and Agency Action

Jurisdiction: (1) Administrative practices and procedures including agency rulemaking and adjudication; (2) Judicial review of agency action; (3) Third party enforcement of federal rights; (4) Oversight of the Department of Justice grant programs, as well as government waste and abuse; (5) private relief bills other than immigration; and (6) Oversight of the Foreign Claims Settlement Act.

Membership - 3:2
Democratic Members
Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut (Chairman)
Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
Republican Members
  Orrin G. Hatch, Utah (Ranking Member)
Jeff Flake, Arizona

U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC  20510
Majority Office
Phone: 202-224-7703
 Minority Office
Phone: 202-224-7703
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Did You Know?  The longest serving members in the history of the Senate have served on the Judiciary Committee: Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia served as Senator from Jan. 3, 1959, until June 28, 2010, and served on the Committee from Jan. 14, 1969, until Jan. 3, 1980; Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina served as Senator from Dec. 24, 1954, until April 4, 1956, and from Nov. 7, 1956, until Jan. 3, 2003, and served on the Committee from Jan. 16, 1967, until Jan. 3, 2003; and Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts served as Senator From Nov. 7, 1962, until Aug. 25., 2009, and served on the Committee from Feb. 15, 1963, until Jan. 21, 2009.

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