Press Releases

This Week in the House Judiciary Committee (March 14 - 17, 2016)

Washington, DC, March 14, 2016

Tuesday, March 15, 2016

10:00 a.m.       Executive Overreach Task Force Hearing

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

Hearing on: "Executive Overreach in Domestic Affairs Part I – Health Care and Immigration"

Witnesses:

  • Ms. Elizabeth P. Papez, Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
  • Mr. Josh Blackman, Associate Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law/Houston
  • Mr. Simon Lazarus, Senior Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center
  • Ms. Elizabeth Slattery, Legal Fellow, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies; The Heritage Foundation

1:30 p.m.        Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

Hearing on: The Chevron Doctrine: Constitutional and Statutory Questions in Judicial Deference to Agencies 

Witnesses:

  • Professor Jonathan Turley, The George Washington University School of Law;
  • Professor John Duffy, University of Virginia School of Law;
  • Professor George Shepard, Emory University School of Law;
  • Professor Jack Beerman, Boston University School of Law;
  • Professor Richard Pierce, The George Washington University School of Law; and
  • Professor Emily Hammond, The George Washington University School of Law.

Wednesday, March 17, 2016

10:00 a.m.       Full Committee Markup

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

H.R. _____, the “Refugee Program Integrity Restoration Act of 2016”