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April 2, 2014

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee approved the strongly bipartisan H.R.

March 28, 2014

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) and Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-Va.) issued the joint statement below following President Obama’s proposal to end the bulk telephone data collectio

March 27, 2014

Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-Calif.) today introduced the Debbie Smith Reauthorization Act of 2014 (H.R. 4323) to extend a federal DNA backlog processing grant program through 2019. 

March 26, 2014

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary CommitteeChairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius and Conestoga Wood v.

March 25, 2014

Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, March 26th at 4:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold an oversight hearing on “Exploring Chapter 11 Reform: Corporate and Financial Institution Insolvencies; Treatment of Derivatives.” The hearing

March 25, 2014

Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing entitled, “Innocence for Sale: Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking.” The hearing will examine the growing crisis of child sex trafficking, including

March 19, 2014

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), and National Security Subcommittee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) today sent a follow up

March 13, 2014

Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved in a vote of 244-171 the Faithful Execution of the Law Act (H.R. 3973), a bill to ensure greater transparency and disclosure regarding the Executive Branch’s enforcement of federal law.

March 12, 2014
Washington, D.C. – By a vote of 233-181, the House of Representatives today approved the Executive Needs to Faithfully Observe and Respect Congressional Enactments of the Law (ENFORCE the Law) Act (H.R.