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The Week Ahead for the House Judiciary Committee--9/28-10/2
September 25, 2015
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Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week.   TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2911:30 a.m. - Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil JusticeHearing on: H.R. ___, the “Fraudulent Joinder Prevention Act of 2015” Witnesses:
  • Ms. Elizabeth Milito, Senior Executive Counsel, NFIB Small Business Legal Center
  • Mr. Cary Silverman, Partner, Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • Mr.
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Goodlatte and Marino Praise House Passage of the RAPID Act to Expedite Federal Permit Approval
September 25, 2015
Press Release
Washington, D.C.— The House of Representatives today passed the Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2015 (H.R. 348) by a vote of 233-170.
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Floor Statement of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte on H.R. 348, the RAPID Act
September 24, 2015
Press Release
Chairman Goodlatte: Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. America’s voters sent the 114th Congress to Washington to help turn around this Nation’s struggling economy.
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Floor Statement of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte on H.R. 348, the RAPID Act
September 24, 2015
Press Release
Chairman Goodlatte: Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. America’s voters sent the 114th Congress to Washington to help turn around this Nation’s struggling economy.
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Regulatory Reform Subcommittee to Hold Second Hearing on the State of Competition in the Health Care Marketplace
September 23, 2015
Press Release

Washington, D.C.— On Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold its second hearing on the state of competition in the health care marketplace entitled, “Healthy Competition? An Examination of the Proposed Health Insurance Mergers and the Consequent Impact on Competition.” The hearing will examine consolidation in the health insurance industry, including the proposed mergers between the health insurance companies Aetna and Humana, and, if finalized, Anthem and Cigna.

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Regulatory Reform Subcommittee to Hold Second Hearing on the State of Competition in the Health Care Marketplace
September 23, 2015
Press Release

Washington, D.C.— On Tuesday, September 29, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold its second hearing on the state of competition in the health care marketplace entitled, “Healthy Competition? An Examination of the Proposed Health Insurance Mergers and the Consequent Impact on Competition.” The hearing will examine consolidation in the health insurance industry, including the proposed mergers between the health insurance companies Aetna and Humana, and, if finalized, Anthem and Cigna.

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Goodlatte, Grassley Release Statement after Administration Announces an Additional 10,000 Syrian Refugees
September 20, 2015
Press Release
Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement after Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the United States would accept ten thousand additional Syrian refugees on top of the 75,000 worldwide refugees the Secretary announced after a consultation, as required by law, between Kerry and leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to discuss the proposed annual number of refugees the Obama administration planned to admit into the United States.
 
“ISIS and other terrorist groups have made it abundantly clear that they will
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Goodlatte, Grassley Release Statement after Administration Announces an Additional 10,000 Syrian Refugees
September 20, 2015
Press Release
Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement after Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the United States would accept ten thousand additional Syrian refugees on top of the 75,000 worldwide refugees the Secretary announced after a consultation, as required by law, between Kerry and leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to discuss the proposed annual number of refugees the Obama administration planned to admit into the United States.
 
“ISIS and other terrorist groups have made it abundantly clear that they will
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Goodlatte and Franks Praise House Passage of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
September 18, 2015
Press Release
Washington, D.C.— Today the House of Representatives passed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 3504) by a vote of 248-177, 1 Present. The legislation, sponsored by the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Chairman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), would protect all children who are born alive. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act severely penalizes abortion practitioners who violate federal law by killing innocent children who are born during failed abortion procedures.
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Goodlatte and Franks Praise House Passage of the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
September 18, 2015
Press Release
Washington, D.C.— Today the House of Representatives passed the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 3504) by a vote of 248-177, 1 Present. The legislation, sponsored by the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Chairman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), would protect all children who are born alive. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act severely penalizes abortion practitioners who violate federal law by killing innocent children who are born during failed abortion procedures.
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