Press Releases
March 15, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The Task Force on Executive Overreach today held its second hearing titled “Executive Overreach in Domestic Affairs Part I – Health Care and Immigration.” At the hearing, members heard from several legal experts and ex
March 15, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have pressed the Obama Administration for answers about how a previously-deported criminal known to authorities went on to murder five people.
Pablo Antonio Serrano-Vitorino, an unlawful immigrant, allegedly murdered five people last wee
March 15, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Thank you, Chairman King, for convening this second hearing of the Task Force on Executive Overreach. The topic today includes recent case studies of the abuse of executive power, and I’ll focus my remarks on the President’s recent actions rega
March 14, 2016
March 11, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of March 14-18, 2016.
TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 201610:00 a.m.
March 10, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today announced the launch of the Committee’s new website, judiciary.house.gov.
Chairman Goodlatte: “To be effective, our government must be open to the public through direct and easy access to elected officials. I understand the
March 9, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., the Task Force on Executive Overreach will hold a hearing to examine recent examples of executive overreach in which President Obama has failed to faithfully execute
March 8, 2016
Washington, D.C.— On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 1:30 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold a hearing entitled, “The Chevron Doctrine: Constitutional
March 8, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) today released the f
March 4, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) study the cost of crime in the United States to better inform members of the House Judiciary Committee as it continues its bipartisan