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Chairman Goodlatte: I’d like to begin by thanking Representative Doug Collins (R-Ga.) and Constitution Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) for introducing this important government transparency legislation. Every year, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, the federal government through settlement or court order pays millions of dollars in legal fees and costs to parties to lawsuits and administrative adjudications that involve the federal government.

Chairman Goodlatte: I’d like to begin by thanking Representative Doug Collins (R-Ga.) and Constitution Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) for introducing this important government transparency legislation. Every year, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, the federal government through settlement or court order pays millions of dollars in legal fees and costs to parties to lawsuits and administrative adjudications that involve the federal government.

Chairman Goodlatte: Over the past six decades, Congress has enacted a substantial body of law consisting of separate Acts dealing with pollution of air, water, and land, as well as specific pollutants. This body of law has come to be known generally as "environmental law". These Acts are presently classified to several titles of the United States Code in disparate places. H.R.

Washington, D.C.— The House Judiciary Committee today approved the creation of a new title within the United States Code to better organize the nation’s environmental laws by a vote of 20-13. Introduced by Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), H.R. 2834consolidates existing environmental laws into a single title within the United States Code. The streamlining of the statutes into a single title of the U.S.

Chairman Goodlatte: Over the past six decades, Congress has enacted a substantial body of law consisting of separate Acts dealing with pollution of air, water, and land, as well as specific pollutants. This body of law has come to be known generally as "environmental law". These Acts are presently classified to several titles of the United States Code in disparate places. H.R.

**POSTPONED AND TO BE RESCHEDULED**

Washington, D.C. — On Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 9:30 a.m., Attorney General Loretta Lynch will testify before the House Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing of the Department of Justice (DOJ). This is Attorney General Lynch’s first appearance before the Committee in her capacity as our nation’s top law enforcement officer.

Washington, D.C.— The House Judiciary Committee today approved the creation of a new title within the United States Code to better organize the nation’s environmental laws by a vote of 20-13. Introduced by Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), H.R. 2834consolidates existing environmental laws into a single title within the United States Code. The streamlining of the statutes into a single title of the U.S.

**POSTPONED AND TO BE RESCHEDULED**

Washington, D.C. — On Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 9:30 a.m., Attorney General Loretta Lynch will testify before the House Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing of the Department of Justice (DOJ). This is Attorney General Lynch’s first appearance before the Committee in her capacity as our nation’s top law enforcement officer.