115th Congress
July 26, 2017
Washington, D.C. -- On Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 1:00 p.m., the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine antitrust concerns with the Food and Drug Administration processes to approve new drugs.
This hearing will continue the Subcommittee’s investigation of competition in the healthcare sector and will explore potential antitrust concerns with the FDA’s Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS), citizen petitions, the Unapproved Drug Initiative, and “Pay-for-Delay” settlements.
The witnesses for the hearing include:
Panel I:
July 26, 2017
Washington, D.C. -- On Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a full committee hearing on the need for a Constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget.
The federal budget deficit and the national debt have become two of America’s most persistent political issues. Recently, due to the federal government’s habitual failure to balance the budget that has produced a gross federal debt of nearly $20 trillion, efforts to secure a constitutional rule to require a balanced federal budget have intensified.
July 26, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s markup of the Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act (H.R. 391).
Chairman Goodlatte: Many of the actions the Obama Administration took regarding immigration policy were based on a lack of respect for our nation’s immigration laws themselves, and represented abuses of the discretion provided to the Executive by the Constitution and Congress.
One of the immigration programs the last administration most abused was the U.S.
July 25, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the announcement from the Department of Justice that state and local governments obtaining federal law enforcement grant funding must comply with federal immigration enforcement efforts:
“I applaud Attorney General Sessions for his commitment to combating dangerous sanctuary policies that needlessly jeopardize innocent lives. We are all too familiar with how these reckless policies have devastated families across the United States and today’s action by the Department of Justice is a good first step.
July 25, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks during the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee’s hearing on “No Regulation Without Representation: H.R.
July 24, 2017
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of July 24-28, 2017.
TUESDAY, JULY 2510:00 a.m.Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law
Hearing on: No Regulation Without Representation: H.R. 2887 and the Growing Problem of States Regulating Beyond Their Borders
Witnesses:
- Mr. Neil Dierks, Chief Executive Officer, National Pork Producers Council
- Mr. Chad E.
Date:
Location:
2141 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
Subcommittees:
July 21, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and all Judiciary Committee Republicans today sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions requesting responses to the Committee’s unanswered oversight letters sent during the Obama Administration.
The House Judiciary Committee has oversight over the U.S. Department of Justice and its components.
July 21, 2017
Washington, D.C. -- On Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the growing problem of states imposing regulatory burdens on out-of-state businesses and the No Regulation without Representation Act of 2017 (H.R. 2887), which addresses the problem.
The witnesses for the hearing are:
- Mr.
July 20, 2017
Washington, D.C. -- Today regulatory experts from across the country sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) urging them to enact comprehensive regulatory reform.