[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 132 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8060]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  COMMUNICATION FROM MINORITY STAFF DIRECTOR AND CHIEF COUNSEL OF THE 
                         COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

  The Speaker pro tempore laid before the House the following 
communication from Reid P.F. Stuntz, minority staff director and chief 
counsel of the Committee on Commerce:

                                    U.S. House of Representatives,


                                        Committee on Commerce,

                               Washington, DC, September 25, 1997.
     Hon. Newt Gingrich,
     Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: This is to formally notify you, pursuant 
     to Rule L (50) of the Rules of the House of Representatives, 
     that I have received subpoenas for documents and testimony 
     issued by the U.S. District Courts for the Central District 
     of California and the District of Columbia, respectively, in 
     the matter of Oxycal Laboratories, Inc., et al. v. Patrick, 
     et al., No. SA CV-96-1119 AHS (Eex) (D.D. Cal.) (a civil 
     dispute between private parties that apparently arises out of 
     an alleged breach of a settlement agreement).
       After consultation with the Office of General Counsel, I 
     have determined that the subpoenas appear, at least in part, 
     not to be consistent with the rights and privileges of the 
     House and, to the extent consistent with the rights and 
     privileges of the House, should be resisted.
           Sincerely,

                                             Reid P.F. Stuntz,

                                       Minority Staff Director and
     Chief Counsel.

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