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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, and (j) Federal Bureau of Investigation, 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 prohibition policy.

Membership - 7:6
Democratic Members
 Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Delaware (Chairman)
Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts
Herb Kohl, Wisconsin
Dianne Feinstein, California
Russell D. Feingold, Wisconsin
Charles E. Schumer, New York
Richard J. Durbin, Illinois
Republican Members
 Lindsey O. Graham, S. C. (Ranking Member)
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania
Orrin G. Hatch, Utah
Charles E. Grassley, Iowa
Jeff Sessions, Alabama
Tom Coburn, Oklahoma
Senior Staff

Todd Hinnen, Democratic Chief Counsel
Walt Kuhn, Republican Chief Counsel

U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs
224 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Majority Office
Phone: 202-224-0558
Fax: 202-228-0623
 Minority Office
Phone: 202-224-5972
Fax: 202-224-9102

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Did You Know?  Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts has held a seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee longer than any other senator in history - 45 years and 11 months.  Senator Henry Fountain Ashurst of Arizona served on the Committee for 37 years and 10 months; Senator Thomas Sterling of South Dakota for 35 years and two months; Senator Strom Thurmond of South Carolina for 34 years and 11 months; and Senator James Oliver Eastland of Mississippi for 34 years and 10 months.

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