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Crime and Drugs

Jurisdiction: (1) Oversight of the Department of Justice's (a) Criminal Division, (b) Drug Enforcement Administration, (c) Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, (d) Office on Violence Against Women, (e) U.S. Marshals Service, (f) Community Oriented Policing Services and related law enforcement grants, (g) Bureau of Prisons, (h) Office of the Pardon Attorney, (i) U.S. Parole Commission, (j) Federal Bureau of Investigation, and (k) Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, as it relates to crime or drug policy; (2) Oversight of the U.S. Sentencing Commission; (3) Youth violence and directly related issues; (4) Federal programs under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, as amended (including the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act); (5) Criminal justice and victims' rights policy; (6) Oversight of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; (7) Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service; (8) Corrections, rehabilitation, reentry and other detention-related policy; and (9) Parole and probation policy.

Membership - 9:5
Democratic Members
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania (Chairman)
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Dianne Feinstein, California
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois
Benjamin L. Cardin, Maryland
Amy Klobuchar, Minnesota
Edward E. Kaufman, Delaware
Republican Members
Lindsey Graham, S. C. (Ranking Member)
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma

U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Majority Office
Phone: 202-224-6884
Fax: 202-228-4461
Minority Office
Phone: 202-224-5972

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Did You Know?  William Howard Taft is the only person to head both the Executive and Judicial branches of the government.  Taft served as President from 1909 until 1913, and as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1921 until 1930.

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