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Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, January 15, 2013 the U.S. Constitution will be read aloud from the floor of the House of Representatives. The House Rules Package (H. Res. 5) sponsored by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) was adopted by the House on January 3, 2013, and included the reading at the urging of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.).
Washington, D.C.: House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte released the following statement after H.R. 6671 was signed into law. H.R.
Washington, D.C. -- The Senate today approved legislation authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) to reauthorize provisions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a law that governs the surveillance of foreign terrorists and spies. The FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012 (H.R. 5949) passed the Senate by a vote of 73-23.
Washington, D.C. - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced that it will again delay the deadline for states to tighten security requirements for driver’s licenses.
Washington, D.C. - President Obama today signed into law the Child Protection Act of 2012 (H.R. 6063), a bipartisan, bicameral bill authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) to better protect children from sexual predators. Chairman Smith and Rep.
Washington, D.C. - Senate Republicans today asked that the STEM Jobs Act (H.R.
Washington, D.C. - The House of Representatives today approved the STEM Jobs Act (H.R.
Bill Goes to President’s Desk for Signature
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas); House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon; House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers; and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, released the following statement today on the release of Hezbollah operative Ali Mussa Daqduq.
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today sent letters to Attorney General Eric Holder and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller regarding the disclosure of an investigation that led to the uncovering of an affair involving CIA Director David Petraeus.