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IP Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on PARTS Act
January 29, 2016
Press Release
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., the Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing to examine H.R. 1057, the Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales (PARTS) Act.  The PARTS Act limits the term of protection for patented designs of automotive repair parts used to restore automobiles. Witnesses for Tuesday’s hearing are:
  • Mr.
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IP Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on PARTS Act
January 29, 2016
Press Release
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., the Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing to examine H.R. 1057, the Promoting Automotive Repair, Trade, and Sales (PARTS) Act.  The PARTS Act limits the term of protection for patented designs of automotive repair parts used to restore automobiles. Witnesses for Tuesday’s hearing are:
  • Mr.
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HJC Week Ahead | February 1-5
January 29, 2016
Press Release
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of February 1-5, 2016. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 210:00 a.m. | Full CommitteeClassified Hearing on: FISA Amendments Act *This hearing is for Members only. Witnesses:
  • Mr. Robert S. Litt, General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
  • Mr. Jon Darby, Deputy Director for Analysis and Production, Signals Intelligence Directorate, National Security Agency
  • Mr. Stuart J.
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HJC Week Ahead | February 1-5
January 29, 2016
Press Release
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of February 1-5, 2016. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 210:00 a.m. | Full CommitteeClassified Hearing on: FISA Amendments Act *This hearing is for Members only. Witnesses:
  • Mr. Robert S. Litt, General Counsel, Office of the Director of National Intelligence
  • Mr. Jon Darby, Deputy Director for Analysis and Production, Signals Intelligence Directorate, National Security Agency
  • Mr. Stuart J.
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House Leaders Press President Obama on Administration’s Unilateral Changes to Visa Waiver Law
January 28, 2016
Press Release

Washington, D.C.  – House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas.), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.), and Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.), the author of The Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015, today sent a letter to President Obama regarding his unilateral changes to the law allowing certain people who have traveled to nations of terrorism-related concern (i.e. Iran, Iraq, Sudan, and Syria) to travel to the United States visa-free.

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House Leaders Press President Obama on Administration’s Unilateral Changes to Visa Waiver Law
January 28, 2016
Press Release

Washington, D.C.  – House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas.), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.), and Rep. Candice Miller (R-Mich.), the author of The Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015, today sent a letter to President Obama regarding his unilateral changes to the law allowing certain people who have traveled to nations of terrorism-related concern (i.e. Iran, Iraq, Sudan, and Syria) to travel to the United States visa-free.

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Goodlatte Statement on Administration’s Policies Endangering Unaccompanied Alien Minors
January 25, 2016
Press Release
Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the Associated Press investigation finding that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lowered its safety standards during the border surge and placed unaccompanied alien minors in sponsors’ homes where some were sexually assaulted, starved, or forced to work with little or no pay. “The ongoing surge at the southwest border is a crisis of President Obama’s own making and places innocent children’s lives at risk.
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Goodlatte Statement on Administration’s Policies Endangering Unaccompanied Alien Minors
January 25, 2016
Press Release
Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the Associated Press investigation finding that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services lowered its safety standards during the border surge and placed unaccompanied alien minors in sponsors’ homes where some were sexually assaulted, starved, or forced to work with little or no pay. “The ongoing surge at the southwest border is a crisis of President Obama’s own making and places innocent children’s lives at risk.
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Goodlatte: Obama Administration Abuses Authority in Visa Waiver Law and Jeopardizes National Security
January 21, 2016
Press Release
Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement after the Obama Administration announced that it will apply the limited law enforcement waiver authority in the Visa Waiver Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 to allow entire categories of dual citizens and people who have traveled to Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Sudan to come to the U.S.
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Goodlatte: Obama Administration Abuses Authority in Visa Waiver Law and Jeopardizes National Security
January 21, 2016
Press Release
Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement after the Obama Administration announced that it will apply the limited law enforcement waiver authority in the Visa Waiver Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 to allow entire categories of dual citizens and people who have traveled to Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Sudan to come to the U.S.
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