The Week Ahead for the House Judiciary Committee--9/28-10/2

September 25, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2911:30 a.m. - Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil JusticeHearing on: H.R. ___, the “Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 2015” Witnesses:

Ms. Elizabeth Milito, Senior Executive Counsel, NFIB Small Business Legal Center
Mr. Cary Silverman, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
Mr. Lonny Hoffman, Law Foundation Professor, University of Houston Law Center

2237 Rayburn House Office Building 2:00 p.m. - Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust LawHearing on: Healthy Competition? An Examination of the Proposed Health Insurance Mergers and the Consequent Impact on Competition Witnesses:

Mr. Mark T. Bertolini, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Aetna
Mr. Joseph R. Swedish, President and Chief Executive Officer, Anthem
Mr. Tom Nickels, Executive Vice President, American Hospital Association
Mr. Andrew W. Gurman, M.D., President-Elect, American Medical Association
Ms. Jaime S. King, Professor of Law, University of California, Hastings College of Law
Mr. Edmund F. Haismaier, Senior Research Fellow of Health Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation

2141 Rayburn House Office Building Wednesday, September 30, 201510:00 a.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office BuildingMarkup of: H.R. 2745, the “Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules (SMARTER) Act of 2015”; and H.R. 3490, the “Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act”

All hearings and markups are streamed live at judiciary.house.gov. Camera crews wishing to cover must be congressionally credentialed and RSVP with the House Radio-TV Gallery at (202) 225-5214.