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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. - 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. - 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 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. - 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. - 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. - 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.