[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 132 (Monday, September 29, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H8121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following 
communication from the Hon. Tom Bliley, Chairman of the Committee on 
Commerce:

                                         House of Representatives,


                                        Committee On Commerce,

                               Washington, DC, September 26, 1997.
     Hon. Newt Gingrich,
     Speaker, House of Representatives,
     The Capitol, 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 the Committee on Commerce has 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) 
     (C.D. Cal.) (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 not consistent with the rights and 
     privileges of the House, should be resisted.
           Sincerely,
                                                       Tom Bliley,
     Chairman.

                          ____________________