| Smith: Time to Implement REAL ID (12/20/2012)
Washington, D.C. - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced that it will again delay the deadline for states to tighten security requirements for driver's licenses...more
Bipartisan Child Protection Act Becomes Law (12/7/2012)
Washington, D.C. - President Obama today signed into law the Child Protection Act of 2012 (H.R. 6063), a bipartisan, bicameral bill authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas)...more
Smith: Senate Democrats Block Jobs Bill (12/5/2012)
Washington, D.C. - Senate Republicans today asked that the STEM Jobs Act (H.R. 6429) be brought up and passed by Unanimous Consent but Senate Democrats blocked the bill's consideration. The STEM Jobs Act eliminates the diversity visa program...more
House Approves STEM Legislation (11/30/2012)
Washington, D.C. - The House of Representatives today approved the STEM Jobs Act (H.R. 6429) by a vote of 245-139. This bill eliminates the diversity visa program and reallocates up to 55,000 new green cards to the most highly qualified foreign...more
Senate Approves Smith-Wasserman Schultz Bill to Protect Children (11/27/2012)
Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Senate has approved legislation authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) to better protect children from sexual predators...more
Smith, McKeon, Rogers and Ros-Lehtinen Statement on Release of Hezbollah Operative Ali Mussa Daqduq (11/16/2012)
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas); House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. "Buck" McKeon; House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers; and House Foreign Affairs Committee...more
Smith Seeks FBI Investigation Timeline (11/13/2012)
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) today sent letters to Attorney General Eric Holder and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Robert Mueller regarding the disclosure of an investigation that led to the uncovering of an affair involving CIA Director David Petraeus...more
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