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Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by a vote of 20-13 the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 1147). This bill, authored by Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) preserves jobs for legal workers by requiring U.S. employers to check the work eligibility of all future hires through the E-Verify system. The Legal Workforce Act is supported by Numbers USA, the U.S.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte welcomed five new Republican members to the House Judiciary Committee for the 114th Congress. We will profile each new member in a five-part series.
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Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings and markups for next week.
MONDAY, MARCH 2
4:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law
Hearing on:
H.R. 348, the “Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2015” (RAPID Act);
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled “ISIL in America: Domestic Terror and Radicalization.” At the hearing, members of the subcommittee will examine domestic terrorism, in particular the increasing threat posed by the Islamic State through the assassination of American captives, recruitment of American citizens, self-radicalization, and domestic terr