In January. the Judiciary Committee held our first oversight hearing of the new session and the first with new Attorney General Michael Mukasey. We held another oversight hearing last month with FBI Director Mueller and tomorrow we are holding an oversight hearing with Homeland Security Secretary Chertoff to explore that Departments handling 154. Pt. 4 April 1. 2008 of issues within the Judiciary Committees jurisdiction related to the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. the socalled REAL ID Act. naturalization backlogs. the resettlement of Iraqi refugees and asylum seekers and the shameful. continuing aftermath from Katrina. These are more steps forward in our efforts to restore checks and balances to our Government and begin to repair the damage this administration inflicted on our Constitution and fundamental American values. We continue to press for accountability even as we learn startling new revelations about the extent to which some will go to avoid accountability. undermine oversight. and stonewall the American peoples right to the truth.
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