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Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee today approved legislation to strengthen the Asbestos Trust System by promoting transparency that will combat the fraud and abuse that currently besets the system. Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Texas), chief sponsor of the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 982), praised the Committee vote.
Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a full committee hearing entitled, “Protecting U.S. Citizens’ Constitutional Rights During the War on Terror.” The hearing will gather information and discuss the status of U.S. citizens’ constitutional rights during the ongoing war on terror with a particular focus on the authority to indefinitely detain U.S. citizen enemy combatants under the U.S. Constitution captured on U.S. soil.
Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a full committee hearing entitled, “Protecting U.S. Citizens’ Constitutional Rights During the War on Terror.” The hearing will gather information and discuss the status of U.S. citizens’ constitutional rights during the ongoing war on terror with a particular focus on the authority to indefinitely detain U.S. citizen enemy combatants under the U.S. Constitution captured on U.S. soil.
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General today released a scathing report on DOJ’s systemic mismanagement in the handling of known or suspected terrorists admitted into the federal Witness Security Program.
Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, May 15 at 1:00 p.m., Attorney General Eric Holder will testify before the House Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing on the U.S.
Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, May 15 at 1:00 p.m., Attorney General Eric Holder will testify before the House Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing on the U.S.
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Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Chairman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) have sent a letter to all 50 state attorneys general seeking to find out if state and local governments are being stymied in their efforts to protect the civil rights of newborns and their mothers and if the federal government might be able to partner with states to prevent newborn homicides. The letter asks the state attorneys general to respond to several questions and to provide copies of any official written pr