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March 16, 2007
(Washington, DC) - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez (D-CA) issued the following statements in response to the White House's failure to comply with today's deadline to produce documents and schedule interviews for White House staff regarding the ongoing US Attorneys scandal.
March 15, 2007
Washington - Today, Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, Chairwoman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, issued the following statement in response to recent reports that members of President George W. Bush’s inner circle - including Karl Rove and Alberto Gonzales - were directly involved in a White House plot to purge U.S. Attorneys.

March 11, 2007
WASHINGTON, DC -- Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, Chairwoman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL), issued the following opening statement today at the CAL Subcommittee oversight hearing on “Deferred Prosecution: Should Corporate Settlements Be Without Guidelines?” Former Attorney General John Ashcroft, the recipient of a corporate monitoring contract, testif
March 9, 2007
Washington - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. and Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez expanded their investigation into the U.S. Attorney scandal by demanding additional information from the White House, including interviews with key officials including former White House Counsel Harriet Miers.
March 7, 2007
Washington - Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, Chairwoman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, today issued the following response to an editorial written by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on the Bush Administration’s recent firing of at least 8 U.S. Attorneys.

March 6, 2007
Washington - In testimony before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL), six former United States Attorneys contradicted Bush Administration explanations for their terminations. Several testified about the partisan political pressures placed on them before their firings and stated that they were terminated to make way for Bush political loyalists.
March 5, 2007
Washington - Congresswoman Linda Sánchez, Chairwoman of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL), announced this morning that her subcommittee will seek to issue subpoenas to two additional former U.S. Attorneys who were fired by the Bush Administration.
March 5, 2007
Washington - House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers and Judiciary Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law Chairwoman Linda Sánchez issued the following statements in response to the apparent resignation of Michael A. Battle as Director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys:

March 1, 2007
Washington - House Judiciary Committee John Conyers today issued subpoenas against certain former U.S. Attorneys who were recently fired by the Bush Administration. The subpoenas were authorized by the Judiciary Subcommittee on Administrative Law (CAL), chaired by Congresswoman Linda Sánchez.
March 1, 2007
Washington - Congresswoman Linda Sánchez issued the following statement today after the House of Representatives passed the Employee Free Choice Act (HR 800) by a vote of 241-185.