Here's a link to the House Judiciary Committee by the way. Two members of the local congressional delegations are on the committee: Republican Ted Poe and Democrat Sheila Jackson-Lee.
Mr. Poe is the Vice-Chair of the committee's Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security - which makes sense considering the importance of this issue to the local community. Here's a description of the subcommittee:
The Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security shall have jurisdiction over the following subject matters: immigration and naturalization, border security, admission of refugees, treaties, conventions and international agreements, claims against the United States, Federal charters of incorporation, private immigration and claims bills, nonborder immigration enforcement, other appropriate matters as referred by the Chairman, and relevant oversight.
Ms. Jackson-Lee is also a member of that subcommittee as well as the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet. Mr Poe is a member of that subcommittee as well. And here is a description of it:
The Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet shall have jurisdiction over the following subject matters: Administration of U.S. Courts, Federal Rules of Evidence, Civil and Appellate Procedure, judicial ethics, copyright, patent, trademark law, information technology, other appropriate matters as referred to by the Chairman, and relevant oversight.
For descriptions of standing committees - which we will be covering soon - click here. And for committees in general, click here. And - finally - click here for a description of subcommittees. All of this will be covered in upcoming lectures.
