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Washington, D.C. - The Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice today approved legislation in a vote of 5-3 that prohibits state and local governments that receive federal economic development funds from using eminent domain to transfer private property from one private owner to another for the purpose of economic development, the Private Property Rights Protectio
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) today sent a letter to Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik in response to the
Washington, D.C. - The Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice today approved legislation in a vote of 6-4 that would ban abortions in the United States after 20 weeks, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797). Since the Supreme Court’s controversial decision in Roe v.
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued this statement following the White House’s release of reforms to combat abusive patent litigation.
Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday at 10:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the Department of Justice’s handling of known or suspected terrorists admitted into the Witness Security Program, a federal program designed to protect witnesses and their dependents that are in danger as a result of their agreement to tes
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) today received a letter from Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik in response to
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) today sent the following letter to Attorney General Eric Holder regarding the discrepancy between his sworn testimony before the House Judiciary Committee earlier this month and the Department o
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) - along with several Judiciary Republicans - have sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General James Cole seeking answers to the many questions surrounding the Obama Administration’s decision to sub
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today joined Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) in introducing a bill to spur job creation, economic growth, and American competitiveness by increasing and improving high-skilled immigration programs. The Supplying Knowledge Based Immigrants and Lifting
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today released a discussion draft of legislation designed to address the ever increasing problem of abusive patent litigation. This discussion draft is the result of bipartisan, bicameral collaboration between Chairman Goodlatte and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.). Leahy said