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Inspector General of the Department of Justice - Michael E. Horowitz

Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz was confirmed on March 29, 2012.  A hearing to consider the nomination was held on October 19, 2011.  An archived webcast is available.  The Judiciary Committee reported the nomination on November 10, 2011. The nomination was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. The nomination was discharged from further consideration by the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 30, 2011.icon_webcast

Committee Questionnaire

  • Question 12A - Books, Articles, Reports, Letters to the Editor, Editorial Pieces, Other Published Materials
  • Question 12C - Testimony, Official Statements, Other Communications Relating to Matters of Public Policy or Legal Interpretation
  • Question 12D - Speeches, Talks, Commencement Speeches, Remarks, Lectures, Panel discussions, Conferences, Political Speeches, Question-and-Answer Sessions
  • Question 12E - Interviews
  • Question 17 - Teaching

Responses to Questions Submitted for the Record

  • Questions for the Record: Chairman Patrick Leahy
  • Questions for the Record: Ranking Member Chuck Grassley

Letters Received in Connection with the Nomination

  • October 24, 2011 - Rose Gill Hearn, Commissioner, City of New York Department of Investigation
  • October 17, 2011 - Joint Letter [George J. Terwilliger, Former Deputy Attorney General, Former U.S. Attorney; Seth P. Waxman, Former Solicitor General; Daniel J. Bryant; Former Assistant Attorney General; Benton J. Campbell, Former U.S. Attorney; Robert J. Clearly, Former U.S. Attorney; Alice S. Fisher, Former Assistant Attorney General; Matthew W. Friedrich, Former Acting Assistant Attorney General; David N. Kelley, Former U.S. Attorney; Wan J. Kim, Former Assistant Attorney General; Stuart A. Levey, Former Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; Guy A. Lewis, Former U.S. Attorney, Former Director, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys; Daniel Marcus, Former Associate Attorney General; William E. Moschella, Former Assistant Attorney General; Randolph D. Moss; Former Assistant Attorney General; David W. Ogden, Former Deputy Attorney General; Robert Raben, Former Assistant Attorney General; Charles P. Rosenberg, Former U.S. Attorney; Richard A. Rossman, Former U.S. Attorney; John R. Steer, Former Vice Chair, U.S. Sentencing Commisson; Donald K. Stern, Former U.S. Attorney; Johnny Sutton, Former U.S. Attorney; Larry D. Thompson, Former Deputy Attorney General, Former U.S. Attorney; Carlyle P. Thorsen, Former Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Gregory A. Vega, Former U.S. Attorney; Alan Vinegrad, Former U.S. Attorney; Kenneth L. Wainstein, Former Assistant Attorney General, Former U.S. Attorney; William W. Wilkens, Jr., Former Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit]
  • October 14, 2011 - Kevin J. Ford, Managing Director, RDC Risk Consulting Services
  • October 12, 2011 - Ethics Resource Center
  • October 10, 2011 - Glenn Fine
  • October 6, 2011 - Mary Jo White, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
  • October 5, 2011 - Roy Snell, Chief Executive Officers, The Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics
  • October 5, 2011 - Michael Chertoff, Covington & Burling LLP
  • October 4, 2011 - Frank G. Straub, Director, Department of Public Safety, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • October 4, 2011 - Judge John G. Davies (Ret.)

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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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