June, 2008 Before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on the Impact and Policy Implications of Spyware on Consumers and Businesses

• Written Statement of Arthur A. Butler, Attorney Ater Wynne LLP, on behalf of AFFECT (Americans for Fair Electronic Commerce Transactions) [ PDF ]
• Oral Statement by Arthur A. Butler [ PDF ]
• Follow-up Comments for the Record

May, 2008 Before the House Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Legislative Branch "Legislative Branch Subcommittee Public Witness Hearing" in Support of the FY 2009 Appropriations Request of the U.S. Government Printing Office

• Statement on Behalf of the American Association of Law Libraries, the American Libraries Association, and the Special Libraries Association [ PDF ]
• Oral Statement by Mary Alice Baish [ PDF ]

March, 2008 Before the WIPO Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights

• Library Copyright Alliance Statement on Exceptions and Limitations [ PDF ]

October 24, 2007 Before the Committee on House Administration "Oversight Hearing on The Library of Congress." President Ann Fessenden testified on behalf of AALL on the operations of the Library of Congress (LC). All three witnesses asked that the law library be given a separate line item in LC’s annual budget.

• Testimony of AALL President Ann T. Fessenden [PDF]

May 1, 2007 Before the House Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Legislative Branch "Legislative Branch Subcommittee Public Witness Hearing" in Support of the FY 2008 Appropriations Request of the U.S. Government Printing Office

• Statement on Behalf of the American Association of Law Libraries and the Special Libraries Association [ PDF ]
• Oral Statement by Mary Alice Baish [ PDF ]
• Responses to Questions for the Hearing Record (May 9, 2007) [ PDF ]

February 6, 2007 Before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works' Hearing on "Oversight of Recent EPA Decisions."

• Statement by Leslie Burger on behalf of the American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries, and Association of Research Libraries on the Closure of EPA Libraries [ PDF ]

July 26, 2006 Before the Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and Accountability of the House Committee on Government Reform

• Statement of Patrice McDermott, Director, OpenTheGovernment, on the Implementation of Executive Order 13392, Improving Agency Disclosure of Information [ PDF ]

June 21, 2006

• Statement of Library, Education, and Scholarly Associations
  Concerning the Broadcast Video Flag

March 9, 2006 before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, House Committee on the Judiciary

• Statement of Maria Pallante, Associate General Counsel and
  Director of Licensing, The Guggenheim Museum
  regarding Orphan Works [ PDF ]

December 1, 2005

• Comments of the Library Copyright Alliance
  and the Music Library Association [PDF]
  on Exemption to the Prohibition of Circumvention of
  Copyright Protection Systems For Access Control Technologies
  (Docket No. RM 2005-11)
  

May 12, 2004 Before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection

• Joint library testimony of Miriam Nisbet,
  ALA Washington Office,
  for hearing on H.R. 107, the Digital Media
  Consumers' Rights Act

April 28, 2004 Before the House Committee on Administration's Oversight Hearing on the Government Printing Office

• Statement of AALL President Janis L. Johnston On Behalf of
  Five National Library Associations
  

April 7, 2004 Joint library comments to the U.S. Trade Representative

• On the proposed United States-Thailand
  Free Trade Agreement.
  (Similar comments on the proposed Andean and Panama
  FTAs were filed March 29, 2004.)