Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during a Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security hearing on oversight of clemency and the Office of the Pardon Attorney”:"I thank Chairwoman Jackson Lee for holding this important oversight hearing on executive clemency and the Office of the Pardon Attorney. Yet thousands of clemency petitions are currently pending due to the more than 15,000 petitions left by the previous administration for President Biden to consider. "I know that many of our witnesses today agree that the current clemency process requires immediate reform. "In recent years, much of this Committee’s consideration of clemency has centered around abuse of the pardon power—by presidents of both parties—in individual cases. "Although Congress has little authority over the President’s exercise of the clemency power, we can enact measures that will pave the way for more clemency grants.

Source: Washington Post May 19, 2022 20:41 UTC