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Washington, D.C.  – On Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold an oversight hearing entitled, “Assessing the Obama Years: OIRA and Regulatory Impacts on Jobs, Wages and Economic Recovery.”  The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is the nerve center of the regulatory state, responsible for overseeing the development and promulgation of federal regulations. Witnesses for the hearing are: Panel I

• The Honorable Howard A.

Washington, D.C.  – On Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold an oversight hearing entitled, “Assessing the Obama Years: OIRA and Regulatory Impacts on Jobs, Wages and Economic Recovery.”  The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is the nerve center of the regulatory state, responsible for overseeing the development and promulgation of federal regulations. Witnesses for the hearing are: Panel I

• The Honorable Howard A.

Washington, D.C.  – On Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 1:00 p.m., the Task Force on Executive Overreach will hold a hearing titled, “The Federal Government on Autopilot: Mandatory Spending and the Entitlement Crisis.” Since the 1930s, the federal government has grown exponentially through the creation of entitlement programs to deliver retirement and health benefits to the American people, such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps,

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for answers about why federal immigration authorities released an illegally present alien and took no steps to remove him, consequently allowing him to remain unlawfully and later murder five people. On June 13, 2016, Johnny Josue Sanchez, an alien from Honduras illegally present in the United States, allegedly murdered five people in Los Angeles by intentional

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released a statement following the Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: Chairman Goodlatte: “Every human life is sacred and precious, and should be protected from the horrors of abortion.

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released a statement following the Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: Chairman Goodlatte: “Every human life is sacred and precious, and should be protected from the horrors of abortion.

Washington, D.C.  – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today raised concerns about Obama Administration efforts to relinquish stewardship of key internet functions in light of unanswered legal, constitutional and human rights questions.  Other concerns include whether such a transition would jeopardize free expression on the Internet or weaken certain intellectual property protections. In a letter to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the chairmen cauti

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mimi Walters (CA-45) recently introduced the Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act of 2016, H.R. 5578, along with Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) and 20 original cosponsors.