Press Releases
September 13, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: When we look at the array of agencies and departments within the federal government, only a certain number carry out a mission that is explicitly called for in the Constitution. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), at the Department of Commerce, is one such agency.
September 13, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: The topic of this hearing today, federal court diversity jurisdiction, might seem dry and technical at first blush, but it’s actually near the heart of the Founder’s vision of the body politic -- namely their understanding that federal courts should hear cases between citizens of different states, especially when those lawsuits involved commercial or
September 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for information about a criminal immigrant previously deported at least five times who is currently illegally present in the United States and reportedly responsibl
September 9, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of September 12-16, 2016.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1311:00 a.m. | Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil JusticeHearing on:
September 9, 2016
September 9, 2016
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Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (S.
September 8, 2016
“The transition of the IANA functions to the global multi-stakeholder community is a serious, groundbreaking, and potentially unalterable action.”Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), U.S.
September 8, 2016
Washington, D.C. — The House Judiciary Committee today approved the “Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2015 (REVIEW Act)” (H.R.
September 8, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Washington’s regulatory system is a system that virtually every day places new obstacles in the path of American jobs and economic growth.
September 7, 2016
Washington, D.C. —House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) praised the bipartisan passage of the “Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016” (H.R.