Task force will be in order to. We have to get this hearing in before the votes start between 11 30 and noon each though its noticed for 10 30, i think the time for Opening Statements will burn up the time between now and 10 30, so we can get to the witnesses. I would like to welcome everyone to todays hearing on the Judiciary Committees overcriminallization task force. The tenth and final hearing will focus on the abundance of federal criminal offenses on the books and the role that the Judiciary Committees jurisdiction or lack thereof under house rules plays on this issue. This committee is comprised of lawmakers with the ability to avoid redundancy with the awareness of the entire body of criminal federal law. With other recommendations we should consider the amendments to clarify not only to criminal Law Enforcement with legislation as well. Again i would like to thank the members of the task force i hope we can come together to address many of the concerns of over criminalization
We have to get this hearing in before the votes start between 11 3012 00. I think the time for Opening Statements will burn up the time between now and 10 30 so week get the the witnesses. I would like to welcome you to the Judiciary Committee meeting. We are talking about the lack of rules that plays on the issue. Over the past career year the task force has evaluated this subject. Despite the fact it is generally accepted that the federal government doesnt poses a General Police power, recent studies included that the number of federal criminal offenses on the books has grown from less than 20 to nearly 5,000 today which cover many types of conduct tended by the framers to be left to the state. The Congress Passes 500 new crimes every decade and this surge is highlighted by a telling statistics. Nearly 50 of the federal criminal provisions enacted since the civil war have been enacted since the 1970s. It leads to a number of concerns. Issues of notice and fairness to the practitioner
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