Press Releases
June 16, 2016
Fourth Plank of Bold Agenda Curtails Executive Overreach, Imposes New Limits on Spending, and Increases Transparency for TaxpayersWATCH LIVE as lawmakers unveil an initiative to restore self-government and uphold the Constitution.
WASHINGTON—Today, at an event in National Stat
HEARING ADVISORY: House Judiciary Committee to Hold Second Hearing on Misconduct by IRS Commissioner
June 15, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, June 22 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a second hearing to examine the allegations of misconduct against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
At the hearing, members of the Hous
June 14, 2016
Third Plank of Bold Agenda Includes More Than 100 Ideas to Tackle Excessive Regulations, Develop American Energy, and Promote Financial IndependenceWashington, D.C. —Today, House Republicans unveiled a plan to grow our economy by tackling excessive regulations, developing American energy, and promoting financial independence for people wh
June 9, 2016
Second Plank of Bold Agenda Includes 67 Recommendations to Protect the Homeland, Defeat the Terrorists, Tackle New Threats, and Defend FreedomWashington, D.C.
June 8, 2016
Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), and House Judiciary Committee member John L.
June 8, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: The modern federal administrative state is an institution unforeseen by the Framers of our Constitution and rapidly mushrooming out of control.
The “Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016” takes square aim at one of the biggest roots of this problem – the Chevron doctrine, under which federal courts regularly defer to regulatory a
June 7, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: The Judiciary Committee routinely exercises its oversight authority to ensure that our nation’s antitrust laws are applied in a manner that is transparent, fair, predictable, and reasonably stable over time. A natural extension of this oversight is ensuring that our nation’s companies and citizens receive comparable treatment in foreign jurisdictions
June 3, 2016
June 2, 2016
Washington, D.C.— On Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at 4:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold a hearing entitled, “International Antitrust Enforcement: China and Beyond.”
The hearing will focus on the enforcement of antitrust and competition laws against companies and citizens that engage in the ever-expanding global marketplace.
June 2, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the following joint statement on