Press Releases

This Week in the House Judiciary Committee

Washington, DC, July 6, 2015

Wednesday, July 8

10:30 a.m.       Full Committee Markup

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

H.R. 2329, the “Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act”

H.R. 2604, the “Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2015”

Thursday, July 9

10:00 a.m.       Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

Hearing: H.R. ____, the “Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2015”

Witnesses:

·         Mr. Donald S. Bernstein, Esq., Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

·         Mr. Stephen E. Hessler, Esq., Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

·         Mr. Richard Levin, Esq., Partner, Jenner & Block LLP

2:00 p.m.        Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

Hearing on: The State of Property Rights in America Ten Years After Kelo v. City of New London

Witnesses:

·         Mr. Dan Alban, Attorney, Institute for Justice

·         Mr. John Groen, Principal Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation

·         Mr. John Echeverria, Professor of Law, Vermont Law School

·         Brian Seasholes, Director, Endangered Species Project, Reason Foundation