Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1981: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, Second Session, Partie 3

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Page 523 - I shall be happy to respond to any questions which you or other members of the committee may have...
Page 62 - I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same, that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.
Page 434 - Trustees" districts include large metropolitan areas, such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Birmingham, Denver, Wichita and St. Paul/Minneapolis, the amount of money involved is probably significantly greater than 27 percent of the total amount of money involved in bankruptcy cases. The latest statistics available from the Administrative Office of the US Courts, for the Fiscal year ended June 30. 1977, show that in the pilot districts the funds realized in liquidation cases were more...
Page 433 - BEFORE THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, AND COMMERCE. THE JUDICIARY AND RELATED AGENCIES Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: I am pleased to have the opportunity to appear before you in support of the FY 1980 supplemental and FY 1981 requests for the United States Trustees.
Page 441 - This concludes my prepared statement. I shall be pleased to answer any questions you or the members of your committee may have.
Page 32 - My colleagues and I will be pleased to try to answer any questions you and your subcommittee members may have.
Page 437 - Trustee to do an adequate job becomes extremely difficult. In addition, one-third of a Fiscal Year has now elapsed, but the number of filings in this district already exceeds one-third of last year's filings. This kind of story is generally repeated throughout the country. Another task which the United States Trustees must take very seriously is the statutory mandate to appoint committees of creditors in cases, a function which previously no one had the responsibility to do, not even Judges. In order...
Page 46 - Senator PROXMIRE. Mr. Shultz, congratulations on a most profound and conscientious appeal that we recognize our responsibility to the world community. I think this may not be the most popular kind of presentation, but I think in the long run it...
Page 434 - ... million in Chapter XIII cases; Plans of Arrangement in Chapter XI's paid more than $49 million to creditors. These figures do not include assets administered by trustees, receivers, or debtors-in-possession in Chapter cases but not turned over to creditors, such as the cash handled in operating a business. There are no statistics available to measure that, but based on my own experience those figures for the pilot districts should be over $4 billion. The United States Trustees are part of an...
Page 490 - This appropriation, which is considered mandatory for scorekeeping purposes, provides for fees and expenses of witnesses who appear on behalf of the Government in cases in which the United States is a party, including fact and expert witnesses, mental competency examinations, and witness/informant protection.

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