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“On Thursday, May 10..the Domestic Policy Subcommittee…evaluate[d] incompleteness in the federal database used for checking the criminal and mental health records of gun purchasers, as well as the inconsistencies in state compliance with federal gun purchase laws. The hearing…address[ed] inconsistencies among the states in their supplemental gun prohibition laws. The hearing…concern[ed] state compliance with the …
House Report 110-131, May 7, 2007: The Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2082) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes, having …
Full Committee on Agriculture Public Hearing, May 9, 2007. To review the impact of imported contaminated food and feed ingredients and of recent food safety emergencies on food safety and animal health systems. Witnesses: Panel I Dr. Kenneth E. Petersen, Food Safety Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. Dr. David Acheson, …
The Open House Project Recommendations Report – Congressional Information and the Internet – A Collaborative Examination of the House of Representatives and Internet Technology, May 8, 2007, Collaboratively Authored by a project of Sunlight Foundation [Available as a PDF]. Executive Summary and Acknowledgments Open House Project Legislation Database Preserving Congressional Information Congressional Committees Congressional Research …
Press release: “The bill provides a privilege in federal court proceedings for reporters to refrain from revealing their confidential sources of information. The privilege is similar in nature to that currently offered by 32 states and the District of Columbia. The ability to assure confidentiality to people who provide information is essential to effective news …
Press release: “Today Chairman Waxman sent a letter to Secretary of State Rice (1) informing the Secretary that the legislative affairs officials in the Department should not hinder the Committees inquiry into why Secretary Rice and President Bush cited forged evidence to build a case for war against Iraq; (2) advising the Secretary that the …
CBO Testimony, Statement of Peter R. Orszag, Director – The Role of Immigrants in the U.S. Labor Market, before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, May 3, 2007.
Hearing on The Continuing Investigation into the U.S. Attorneys Controversy, House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, May 3, 2007. Trancript: House Hearing on Firings of U.S. Attorneys (House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law) via Washington Post Former Deputy AG Comey Offers Praise to Fired U.S. Attorneys, Jason McLure, Legal …
Follow up to April 16, 2007 posting, Fact Sheet: Proposed FISA Modernization Legislation, the following documents from the Director of National Intelligence (DNI): May 01, 2007, Transcript: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence – FISA Modernization Unclassified, May 01, 2007, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence – Statement for the Record on FISA Modernization: Statement for the …
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on The Internet: A Portal to Violent Islamist Extremism, May 3, 2007. Prepared testimony submitted for this hearing: “The Internet: A Portal to Violent Islamist Extremism”, Testimony of Frank J. Cilluffo, Director, Homeland Security Policy Institute – “I am pleased to be here today to share …
Press release: “Today, the House Judiciary Committee approved four crime bills and sent them to the House floor for consideration. The bills were: HR 1700, the “COPS Improvement Act of 2007;” HR 916, the “John R. Justice Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2007;” HR 1525, the “Internet Spyware Prevention Act of 2007;” and, HR …
Press release: “Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Wednesday issued a subpoena to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (6 pages, PDF) compelling the Department of Justice to provide all Karl Rove e-mails in its possession related to the panels ongoing investigation into the mass firings of federal prosecutors. Rove, a senior political advisor …
