114th Congress
Washington, D.C. – Editorial boards across the United States have come out in support of the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048), a strong, bipartisan bill that reforms our nation’s intelligence-gathering programs operated under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13
10:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
Witnesses:
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing to examine stakeholders perspectives on the operation of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the organization charged with managing the Internet’s domain name and addressing system. The hearing will focus on the rollout of the new .sucks domain name and the Obama Administration’s pr
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the statement below after the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the National Security Agency’s bulk collection program is not authorized under Section 215 of the Patriot Act.
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 hold a hearing to examine police accountability, aggression towards law enforcement, public safety concerns related to these issues, and solutions to address these problems. The hearing will be held this month and witnesses will be announced at a later date.
Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers issued the following statements on the upcoming hearing.