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March 21, 2012

Chairman Smith: America’s medical liability system is broken and in desperate need of reform.  Frivolous lawsuits drive physicians out of the practice of medicine. Limitless liability discourages others from high-risk medical specialties and substantially increases the cost of health care.

March 20, 2012

Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee today approved a bill to provideimmediate relief to small businesses and freeze the implementation of significant regulations by the Obama administration. The Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act of 2012 (H.R.

March 19, 2012

Washington, DC - The House of Representatives today passed a bipartisan bill (H.R. 3992) to add Israel to the list of countries eligible for E-2 visas.  These visas allow foreign investors to come to the U.S.

March 12, 2012

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today criticized the Obama administration’s decision to challenge Texas’ voter ID law. 

March 1, 2012

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano expressing concern about the Ninth U.S.

February 29, 2012

Washington, D.C. - A new Pulse Opinion Research poll again confirms that the American people from all political affiliations and races overwhelmingly support the use of E-Verify.  The poll found that 78% of likely voters favor mandating that all employers electronically verify the immigration status of their workers.

February 28, 2012

Washington, DC - The House Judiciary Committee today approved a bipartisan bill (H.R. 3992) to add Israel to the list of countries eligible for E-2 visas.  These visas allow foreign investors to come to the U.S. temporarily in order to spur job creation and economic growth here.  The bill was reported favorably to the House floor by voice vote.

February 24, 2012

Washington, D.C. - According to a report by the Syracuse University Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, the number of deportation proceedings initiated by U.S.

February 17, 2012

Washington, D.C. - The FBI and the U.S. Capitol Police today arrested a Moroccan man in Washington, D.C. after an investigation into an alleged plot to carry out a suicide attack on the Capitol.  Amine el-Khalifi was born in Morocco and entered the United States in June 1999 on a B2 tourism visa.  His visa expired in 1999 and he has been living in the U.S.