Rep. Lamar Smith

Republican  •  21st District, Texas  •  12th Term  •  Sworn In 1987
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
  • Votes with party 90%
  • Abstains: 4%

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01/31/07
Smith's Multi-Metaphoric Attack on Judiciary Probe

... a formal investigation into the use of presidential signing statements, Texas Republican Lamar Smith decried the controversy as “much ado about nothing. ...

Source: Austin American-Statesman (subscription), TX
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01/31/07
Lamar's Big Day

All eyes were on Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, today as he became the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee. Smith asked all Republican members to be ...

Source: Austin American-Statesman (subscription), TX
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02/05/07
Raising the fee for the American dream

But the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, Lamar Smith of Texas, says those who benefit should pay. Not taxpayers. LAMAR SMITH: It's cheap for ...

Source: Marketplace, CA
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02/08/07
FS Ervin second nine weeks honor roll

First grade all A's: Jalun Antwaun Bridges, Cedric Lamar Hatcher, Jr., Keundra Shantira January, Quianna Denise Johnson, Quanton Dermara Mendenhall, ...

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02/09/07
Republican calls for email and IM monitoring

The bill, dubbed the Safety Act by sponsor Lamar Smith, a republican congressman from Texas, would impose fines and a prison term of one year on ISPs which ...

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02/10/07
The master builder

Lamar Smith's re-election campaign last fall. Smith was a crucial ally on high-tech-related legislation, and his district includes Powers' home in West ...

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02/11/07
Republican calls for email and IM monitoring

The bill, dubbed the Safety Act by sponsor Lamar Smith, a republican congressman from Texas, would impose fines and a prison term of one year on ISPs which ...

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02/11/07
Republican calls for email and IM monitoring

The bill, dubbed the Safety Act by sponsor Lamar Smith, a republican congressman from Texas, would impose fines and a prison term of one year on ISPs which ...

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02/12/07
Bill Would Make ISPs Keep Data On Users

Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) last week as part of the larger SAFETY Act, would give the attorney general broad discretion to write the rules on what information ...

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02/12/07
Safety First

I have attached a portion of the prepared testimony of Congressman Lamar Smith at that hearing below. At the time, Congressman Smith was the Chairman of the ...

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02/12/07
Just when you think you've heard it all

The bill, dubbed the Safety Act by sponsor Lamar Smith, a republican congressman from Texas, would impose fines and a prison term of one year on ISPs which ...

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02/13/07
Privacy Questions Raised Over Bill To Require ISPs To Keep Data

The measure, introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) last week as part of the larger SAFETY Act, would give the attorney general broad discretion to write ...

Source: AND, South Africa
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02/13/07
Bill Would Require ISPs To Keep User Data

Lamar Smith, R-Texas, says that the bill, part of the SAFETY Act, is aimed at predators who seek out children or child pornography on line, The Washington ...

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02/13/07
ACLU Condemns Bill Eliminating Online Privacy

Washington - The American Civil Liberties Union today condemned a bill introduced by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX), that seeks to eliminate online ...

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02/13/07
Privacy Questions Raised Over Bill To Require ISPs To Keep Data

Lamar Smith (R-Texas) last week as part of the larger SAFETY Act, would give the attorney general broad discretion to write the rules on what information ...

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02/13/07
SAFETY Act Spurs Blog Protests, Misinterpretations

A law introduced into the House of Representatives by Lamar Smith (R-TX) is whipping up a fight in the blogosphere. Aimed at combating online child ...

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02/13/07
House of Representatives extends Antitrust Modernization ...

John Conyers (D-Mich.) and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas). Both Conyers and Smith moved to postpone the commission's termination date so that it may have time ...

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02/14/07
US considers measure on ISP data retention

US House Republican, Rep Lamar Smith, is pushing a measure that echoes a long-sought Bush administration goal: to require all Internet service providers to ...

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02/14/07
Bill would require ISPs to keep user data

US Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, says that the bill, part of the SAFETY Act, is aimed at predators who seek out children or child pornography on line, ...

Source: GOPUSA, TX
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02/15/07
TJ Simers Catches Peter Vecsey 'Borrowing' From a Blogger

More and more he and[Lamar Odom] are speaking out about the team's delinquent defense, noticeably never taking the name of Bryant in vain." ...

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02/15/07
MarketPlace News

Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Arlen Specter (R.-Pa.) proposed bills in Congress to deal with data breaches and their ...

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02/15/07
Intelligentias News: Representative Lamar Smith's ISP Data ...

Lamar Smith of Texas, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, called it a necessary anti-cybercrime measure. "The legislation introduced today ...

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02/15/07
Privacy Groups Hit ISP Data Storage Bill

Lamar Smith of Texas, eight Republican US House members have filed legislation that would give Attorney General Alberto Gonzales broad powers to require ...

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02/15/07
Intelligentias News: Representative Lamar Smith’s ISP Data ...

Lamar Smith of Texas, the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, called it a necessary anti-cybercrime measure. "The legislation introduced today ...

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02/16/07
Internet SAFETY Act

Representative Lamar Smith recently introduced the Internet Stopping Adults Facilitating the Exploitation of Today's Youth Act (SAFETY Act). ...

Source: Web Host Industry Review
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02/18/07
Checking out in San Diego

The name "Arrowhead Stadium" was sacred to late Chiefs owner Lamar Hunt. Now it's for sale. Welcome to the new NFL, where everything is for sale, ...

Source: Boston Globe, MA
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02/19/07
Bill would require ISPs to track users

Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced a bill (HR 837) with a stated purpose of combating child pornography but the legislation also includes a measure that would ...

Source: SecurityFocus, CA
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02/19/07
Big Brother IS Watching YOU !!!!

The bill, dubbed the Safety Act by sponsor Lamar Smith, a republican congressman from Texas, would impose fines and a prison term of one year on ISPs which ...

Source: UN Observer
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02/20/07
Easier for the cops: record everything you do

... which was introduced in Congress by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas). The bill targets people distributing child porn or handling the money involved. ...

Source: NetworkWorld.com, MA
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02/20/07
SAFETY bill would require US ISPs to log on-line user activity

A bill introduced by a Republican representative from Texas, Lamar Smith, would require all ISPs in the United States to maintain a log of all on-line ...

Source: RedBolivia.com
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Official website: http://lamarsmith.house.gov/
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2409 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-4236
Fax: 202-225-8628

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