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Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Ranking Member Doug Collins (R-GA) introduced H.R. 2375, the bipartisan Preserve Access to Affordable Generics and Biosimilars Act. This legislation strengthens the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) ability to challenge settlement agreements between large brand drug companies and generic drug companies in court, which will help lower prescription drug prices for Americans. The legislation will be marked up in the House Judiciary Committee on April 30, 2019.
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David N. Cicilline (D-RI) released a joint statement in response to the White House's refusal to provide answers related to their potential interference with the merger of AT&T and Time Warner:
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law hearing on the impact of the proposed merger of T-Mobile and Sprint on consumers, workers, and the Internet:
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening remarks during a Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law hearing on "Diagnosing the Problem: Exploring the Effects of Consolidation and Anticompetitive Conduct in Health Care Markets":
"The Judiciary Committee has a strong tradition of bipartisan efforts to promote competition in health care markets, particularly with respect to helping to make prescription drugs, and other health care services, more affordable through the full benefits of competition.
Following reports that President Donald Trump directed then-National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn to use the Justice Department to block AT&T's proposed acquisition of Time Warner, a move that could benefit Fox News and hurt CNN, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Antitrust Subcommittee Chairman David N.
The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of March 4, 2019.
March 6, 2019
HEARING: PROTECTING DREAMERS AND TPS RECIPIENTS
Full Committee Hearing
10:00 a.m.
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Witnesses:
Jin Park
DACA Recipient
Harvard University Undergraduate Student
Rhodes Scholar
Yatta Kiazolu
DED Recipient
UCLA PhD Candidate
Yazmin Irazoqui Ruiz
DACA Recipient
University of New Mexico Medical Student
On Thursday, February 28 at 11:30 am, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), House Judiciary Subcommittee Chairs Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) and David N. Cicilline (D-RI), and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) will announce the introduction of a package of bills to end the use of forced arbitration in consumer, antitrust, employment, and civil rights disputes. The legislation would greatly restore Americans' rights to seek justice through the courts.
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement for the markup of H.R. 948, the "No Oil Producing and Cartels Act of 2019":