Lanterna Rally

Author: UNKNOWN. AUTHOR

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-07-14

Total Pages: 60

ISBN-13: 9781331429555

Excerpt from Ethics in Government and Lobbying Reform Proposals: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, March 22, 1996 The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, in room 2237, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Charles T. Canady (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives Charles T. Canady, Henry J. Hyde, Bob Inglis, Michael Patrick Flanagan, F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr., Bob Goodlatte, Barney Frank, and Melvin L. Watt. Also present: Kathryn A. Hazeem, chief counsel; John H. Ladd, assistant counsel; Mark Carroll, staff assistant; and Robert Raben, minority counsel. Opening Statement of Chairman Canady Mr. Canady. The subcommittee will come to order. Last December the Congress ended more than 40 years of gridlock by passing the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Efforts to pass the Lobbying Disclosure Act in the House of Representatives began in this subcommittee in what was truly a bipartisan effort, and I want to again thank Mr. Frank, who is the ranking minority member of this subcommittee, as well as Mr. Bryant of Texas for the leadership role that they played in helping move forward the Lobbying Disclosure Act. A week ago today, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate released information showing that the number of registered lobbyists has doubled since the Lobbying Disclosure Act became effective on January 1 of this year. I believe this shows that the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 is having its intended effect. I would add, however, that to provide additional clarity to some of the acts provisions, subcommittee staff is working on a technical corrections bill in a bipartisan fashion that will address a number of interpretative issues arising under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Today the subcommittee holds an oversight hearing on ethics in government and lobbying reform proposals. In our first panel today we will hear from a number of our distinguished House colleagues on issues that either were debated or might have been debated in connection with the House's consideration of the Lobbying Disclosure Act last year. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.