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May 6, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of May 9-13, 2016.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1110:15 a.m. | Full Committee MarkupH.R. 5063, the “Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016”
2141 Rayburn House Office BuildingTHURSDAY, MAY 1210:00 a.m. | Executive Overreach Task ForceHearing on: Executive Overreach in Foreign Affairs
Witnesses:
- Mr.
May 6, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., the Task Force on Executive Overreach will hold a hearing titled, “Executive Overreach in Foreign Affairs.” At the hearing, members of the task force will examine several instances in which President Obama has stretched the constitutional limits placed on his authority or simply ignored the law in foreign affairs.
For example, President Obama failed to provide Congress with documents required under the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 in his administration’s implementation of the Iran d
May 3, 2016
Administration’s enforcement priorities on paper contradict policies in practice
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed top officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about its catch and release policy that directly contradicts the Obama Administration’s immigration enforcement priorities.
April 28, 2016
Mothers who lost their children at the hands of criminal aliens tell their storiesWashington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today released a video on the real costs of the Obama Administration’s lack of immigration enforcement.
April 28, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Eighteen months ago, this Committee commenced a “pattern or practice” investigation into the Justice Department’s mortgage lending settlements. We found that DOJ is systematically subverting Congress’s spending power by requiring settling parties to donate money to activist groups.
In just the last two years, DOJ has directed nearly a billion dollars to third-parties entirely outside of Congress’s spending and oversight authority. Of that, over half-a-billion has already been disbursed or is committed to being disbursed.
April 28, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has obtained detailed information about the criminal aliens released by the Obama Administration during Fiscal Year 2015. This new information shows that U.S.
April 27, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 410-2 the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (S. 1890) to protect American trade secrets from theft.
The bipartisan Defend Trade Secrets Act amends the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 to create a federal civil remedy for stealing trade secrets that will help American innovators protect their intellectual property from theft. Trade secrets include such vital proprietary information as confidential formulas, manufacturing techniques, and even customer lists.
April 27, 2016
The Email Privacy Act modernizes ECPA to protect Americans’ privacy and public safetyWashington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 419-0 the Email Privacy Act (H.R. 699) to protect Americans’ privacy and public safety in the digital age.
Nearly 30 years ago, Congress passed the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 to provide a fair balance between the privacy expectations of American citizens and the legitimate needs of law enforcement agencies.
April 27, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Today we are here to consider S.1890, the “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016.” This bill puts forward enhancements to our federal trade secrets law, creating a federal civil remedy for trade secret misappropriation that will help American innovators protect their intellectual property from criminal theft by foreign agents and those engaging in economic espionage. This bill will help U.S. competiveness, job creation, and our nation’s future economic security.
Our intellectual property laws cover everything from patents, copyrights and trademarks, and include trade secrets.
April 27, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Today is an historic day. Today, the House of Representatives will be the first chamber in Congress to approve legislation that has been pending before the House and Senate for several years to reform and modernize the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, or “ECPA.” Reforming this outdated law has been a priority for me as chairman of the Judiciary Committee. I have worked with members of Congress, advocacy groups, and law enforcement agencies for years on many complicated nuances involved in updating this law.
Two weeks ago, the House Judiciary Committee unanimously reported a revised version of H.R.