Government Oversight
To advance its legislative agenda, the Judiciary Committee conducts regular oversight of the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, among other government agencies. The Committee is also responsible for determining whether to recommend articles of impeachment against federal officials. In 2019, the Committee advanced two articles of impeachment against Donald J. Trump to the House of Representatives.
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"Mr. Chair – I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 1927, the 'Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency Act of 2015.'
"I oppose this legislation because it shields corporate wrongdoers by making it more difficult for those who have been harmed by their actions from obtaining justice and allows these wrongdoers to further victimize their victims.
Today, the House of Representatives passed two anti-regulatory bills led by the conservative Majority, H.R. 1155, the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act (SCRUB) and H.R. 712, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act, largely along party lines.
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement upon final passage of the aforementioned bills:
Floor Statement: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. on H.R. 1155, the ''Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2015"
"Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 1155, the so-called SCRUB Act because it threatens to drown agencies in additional layers of red-tape and make it nearly impossible to establish any new rule, no matter how pressing, or to issue any guidance on existing rules.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
1:00 p.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing on: Oversight of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Witness: The Honorable Leon Rodriguez, Director, USCIS
"Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4038, the so-called 'American SAFE Act,' purports to make us safer.
"But, as the Administration correctly observes, this measure 'would provide no meaningful additional security for the American people.'
"Worse yet, it would effectively deny refugee status for Syrians and Iraqis who are themselves victims of terrorism in their homelands.
"H.R. 4038 is a terribly flawed and inhumane bill for many reasons.
"This hearing, which focuses on the Syrian refugee crisis and its impact on the security of our Nation's Refugee Admissions Program, has the potential to shed meaningful light on critical issues of interest to all Americans.
"In the 110th Congress, when I was Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, the Committee reported legislation that would have granted a limited antitrust exemption for independent pharmacies to allow them to collectively bargain as to the terms and conditions of reimbursements from pharmacy benefit managers.
"This legislation arose from the recognition that small, independent pharmacies struggle to compete against large pharmacy chains, particularly with respect to their ability to negotiate reimbursements from pharmacy benefit managers.