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Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following markup for this week. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1710:30 a.m. -- Full Committee MarkupMarkup of:

• H.R. 1428, the “Judicial Redress Act of 2015”;
• H.R.

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following markup for this week. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1710:30 a.m. -- Full Committee MarkupMarkup of:

• H.R. 1428, the “Judicial Redress Act of 2015”;
• H.R.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today announced that the House Judiciary Committee will conduct a listening tour as part of the Committee’s comprehensive copyright review.  The House Judiciary Committee will kick-off the copyright review listening tour with a roundtable discussion in Nashville, Tennessee on September 22^nd.  The roundtable is expected to include a wide range of professionals from the music industry.  Future roundtable locations will be announced at a later date. Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers issued the following statement on the upcoming copyright revi

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today announced that the House Judiciary Committee will conduct a listening tour as part of the Committee’s comprehensive copyright review.  The House Judiciary Committee will kick-off the copyright review listening tour with a roundtable discussion in Nashville, Tennessee on September 22^nd.  The roundtable is expected to include a wide range of professionals from the music industry.  Future roundtable locations will be announced at a later date. Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers issued the following statement on the upcoming copyright revi

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today announced that the House Judiciary Committee will conduct a listening tour as part of the Committee’s comprehensive copyright review.  The House Judiciary Committee will kick-off the copyright review listening tour with a roundtable discussion in Nashville, Tennessee on September 22^nd.  The roundtable is expected to include a wide range of professionals from the music industry.  Future roundtable locations will be announced at a later date. Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers issued the following statement on the upcoming copyright revi

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below on today’s ruling from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia finding that the House of Representatives has standing in court to challenge the Obama Administration’s use of unappropriated funds to implement the Affordable Care Act. Chairman Goodlatte: “I am pleased that the DC federal court has ruled that the House’s lawsuit challenging President Obama’s executive overreach can move forward in court. The Constitution is very clear: it is Congress’ job to write our laws and it is the President’s duty to enforce them.

Chairman Goodlatte:  Recently, the nation’s attention has been drawn to a series of undercover videos recorded by members of a group called the Center for Medical Progress.  These videos contain discussions with representatives of the abortion-providing organization Planned Parenthood regarding the exchange of money for the body parts of unborn children to be used in research. Any discussion of abortion is inherently difficult, as it is unquestionably the taking of a human life.  That discussion becomes even more difficult when it turns to the monetary value of the body parts of more developed unborn children -- and to the prospect of exposing them to potentially more painful abortio

Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 3:00 p.m., the Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee will hold ahearing to examine unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and the public policy implications for this new area of technology. Witnesses for Thursday’s hearing are:

• Mr. Brian Wynne, President and CEO, Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
• Mr. Chris Calabrese, Vice President for Policy, Center for Democracy & Technology
• Mr. Chris Polychron, 2015 President, National Association of Realtors
• Mr.