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January 8, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: I rise today in support of a bill that combines two important reforms, the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act and the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act or the FACT Act. Let me first explain why my colleagues should vote in favor of the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act.
Last year], an independent research firm surveyed companies in 26 countries and found that 80 percent of those that were subject to a class action lawsuit were U.S. companies, putting those U.S. companies at a distinct economic disadvantage when competing with companies worldwide.
But the problem of overbroad class actions doesn’t just affect U.S. companies.
January 8, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of January 11-15, 2016, including the markup of two criminal justice reform bills.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 1210:15 a.m. | Full Committee Markup
January 8, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of January 11-15, 2016, including the markup of two criminal justice reform bills.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 1210:15 a.m. | Full Committee Markup
January 8, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of January 11-15, 2016, including the markup of two criminal justice reform bills.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 1210:15 a.m. | Full Committee Markup
January 7, 2016
Washington, D.C.— The House of Representatives today passed the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act (H.R. 1155) by a vote of 245-174.
The bill seeks to establish a blue-ribbon review committee to provide Congress with recommendations for the elimination of obsolete or unnecessary regulations that are costly to the American people.
January 7, 2016
Washington, D.C.— Today the House of Representatives passed the Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 (H.R. 712), by a vote of 244-173.
January 7, 2016
Washington, D.C.— Today the House of Representatives passed the Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 (H.R. 712), by a vote of 244-173.
January 7, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: It has been years since federal officials declared that the “Great Recession” had ended and recovery had begun. It has been years since the Obama Administration took office, promising to deliver prosperity and security once more to our Nation.
We are now approaching American voters’ next choice of leadership for the United States. And the Obama Administration seeks to assure us that times are better, and times are safer.
Workers, small business owners and Main Street families across our Nation know better. America is still struggling to create enough new jobs and economic growth to produce the prosperity and security Americans need and deserve.
Unless Washing
January 7, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: It has been years since federal officials declared that the “Great Recession” had ended and recovery had begun. It has been years since the Obama Administration took office, promising to deliver prosperity and security once more to our Nation.
We are now approaching American voters’ next choice of leadership for the United States. And the Obama Administration seeks to assure us that times are better, and times are safer.
Workers, small business owners and Main Street families across our Nation know better. America is still struggling to create enough new jobs and economic growth to produce the prosperity and security Americans need and deserve.
Unless Washing
January 7, 2016
Washington, D.C.— The House of Representatives today passed the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act (H.R. 1155) by a vote of 245-174.
The bill seeks to establish a blue-ribbon review committee to provide Congress with recommendations for the elimination of obsolete or unnecessary regulations that are costly to the American people.