The Dirksen Senate Office Building is the second office building constructed for members of the United States Senate in Washington, D.C., and was named for the late Minority Leader Everett Dirksen from Illinois in 1972.
Named for Everett Dirksen
The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally known as the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 21 U.S. senators whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, and review pending legislation.
Sonia Sotomayor testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination for the United States Supreme Court
Dick Durbin, Democratic senator from Illinois, is the current chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee.