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September 12, 2017
Washington, D.C. - The following remarks were delivered by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) during a Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law oversight hearing on "Occupational Licensing: Regulation and Competition."
Chairman Goodlatte: The United States has been and continues to be a champion of free and open markets. An open marketplace cultivates competition among service providers and is the very foundation of maintaining lower prices, higher quality products and services, and superior innovation.
September 11, 2017
Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 3:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold an oversight hearing to examine potential antitrust concerns with the expansion of state occupational licensing.
Although the original purpose of occupational licensing was to protect public health and safety, an increasing number of states require licensure for a variety of tangentially related occupations.
September 11, 2017
Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 3:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold an oversight hearing to examine potential antitrust concerns with the expansion of state occupational licensing.
Although the original purpose of occupational licensing was to protect public health and safety, an increasing number of states require licensure for a variety of tangentially related occupations.
September 11, 2017
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of September 11-15, 2017.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 123:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust
Hearing on: “Occupational Licensing: Regulation and Competition”
Witnesses:
- Ms. Maureen K. Ohlhausen, Acting Chairman, Federal Trade Commission
- Mr. Robert E.
September 8, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and Congressman Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) today introduced the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 3711) to preserve jobs for citizens and legal workers by requiring U.S. employers to check the work eligibility of all future hires through the E-Verify system.
Created in 1996 and operated by U.S.
September 8, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and Congressman Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) today introduced the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 3711) to preserve jobs for citizens and legal workers by requiring U.S. employers to check the work eligibility of all future hires through the E-Verify system.
Created in 1996 and operated by U.S.
September 8, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and Congressman Ken Calvert (R-Calif.) today introduced the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 3711) to preserve jobs for citizens and legal workers by requiring U.S. employers to check the work eligibility of all future hires through the E-Verify system.
Created in 1996 and operated by U.S.
Comstock, King, Labrador, Goodlatte Introduce Bill to Combat Gang Violence and Enhance Public Safety
September 8, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-Va.), Congressman Peter King (R-N.Y.), Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho), and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today introduced the Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act (H.R. 3697) to combat gang violence by criminal aliens and enhance public safety.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has found that membership of violent transnational gangs is comprised largely of foreign-born nationals.
Comstock, King, Labrador, Goodlatte Introduce Bill to Combat Gang Violence and Enhance Public Safety
September 8, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-Va.), Congressman Peter King (R-N.Y.), Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho), and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today introduced the Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act (H.R. 3697) to combat gang violence by criminal aliens and enhance public safety.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has found that membership of violent transnational gangs is comprised largely of foreign-born nationals.
Comstock, King, Labrador, Goodlatte Introduce Bill to Combat Gang Violence and Enhance Public Safety
September 8, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-Va.), Congressman Peter King (R-N.Y.), Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho), and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today introduced the Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act (H.R. 3697) to combat gang violence by criminal aliens and enhance public safety.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has found that membership of violent transnational gangs is comprised largely of foreign-born nationals.