Press Releases
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.) and Representative Colin Peterson (D-Minn.) were joined today by and Representatives Lamar Smith (R-Texas), William Owens (D-N.Y.), Howard Coble (R-N.C.), and Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) in reintroducing bipartisan legislation to reform the federal regulatory process. The Regulatory Accountability Act (H.R.
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.), along with 15 Judiciary Republicans, today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging that the Department of Justice conduct a thorough investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative groups for additional scrutiny as they applied for tax-exempt status. The letter requests that any investigation address key issues, including why Congress was
Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee will hold a hearing on H.R. 1797, the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. Tomorrow’s hearing will examine H.R. 1797, which would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks. Currently, there are no restrictions on abortions until birth in the District of Columbia other than the federal ban on partial-birth abortions.
Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee today approved legislation to strengthen the Asbestos Trust System by promoting transparency that will combat the fraud and abuse that currently besets the system. Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Texas), chief sponsor of the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 982), praised the Committee vote.
Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a full committee hearing on the Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, entitled “S. 744 and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: Lessons Learned or Mistakes Repeated?” In the 1986 immigration overhaul, the American people were promised tougher enforcement of our immigration laws in exchange for the legalization of roughly three million people.
Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a full committee hearing entitled, “Protecting U.S. Citizens’ Constitutional Rights During the War on Terror.” The hearing will gather information and discuss the status of U.S. citizens’ constitutional rights during the ongoing war on terror with a particular focus on the authority to indefinitely detain U.S. citizen enemy combatants under the U.S. Constitution captured on U.S. soil.
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General today released a scathing report on DOJ’s systemic mismanagement in the handling of known or suspected terrorists admitted into the federal Witness Security Program.
Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, May 15 at 1:00 p.m., Attorney General Eric Holder will testify before the House Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing on the U.S.
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