Press Releases
December 12, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 1865, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 by voice vote.
December 12, 2017
Washington, D.C. -- The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Strengthening the Department of Homeland Security Secure Mail Initiative Act (H.R. 2595).
Currently, immigration documents are delivered via Priority mail through the U.S. Postal Service. And while delivery can be monitored through use of a tracking number, there are numerous incidents of individuals not in fact receiving the document that the U.S.
December 12, 2017
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s markup of the Strengthening the Department of Homeland Security Secure Mail Initiative Act (H.R. 2595).
Chairman Goodlatte: H.R. 2595, the Strengthening the Department of Homeland Security Secure Mail Initiative Act, directs the Secretary of Homeland Security to allow immigration benefits recipients to elect to pay a fee to have their immigration documents sent to them via U.S.
December 12, 2017
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s markup of the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017 (H.R. 1865).
Chairman Goodlatte: Today I’m pleased the Committee is considering H.R. 1865, the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017.
December 11, 2017
Washington, D.C. -- The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 402-2 the Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017 (H.R. 1730).
December 11, 2017
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of theProtecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017 (H.R. 1730).
Chairman Bob Goodlatte: Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
The Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017 is a bill designed to address recent attacks on religious institutions.
December 8, 2017
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of December 11-15, 2017.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12
10:00 a.m.
Full Committee MarkupH.R. 1865, the "Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017"
H.R.
December 7, 2017
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to deny review of the case of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. Proponents of review seek a Court-imposed solution to challenges in the collection of taxes on sales by out-of-state vendors, a matter that the Court itself has previously said is within Congress’s constitutional jurisdiction. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Sen.
December 7, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Chairman Goodlatte: Good morning.
December 7, 2017
Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) called on the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide the House Judiciary Committee with all information presented to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to allegedly obtain a warrant based on politically-motivated opposition research.
Earlier this year, media reports indicated that in 2016, the FBI used information contained in a controversial dossier to justify a FISA warrant against Carter Page, a onetime advisor to President Trump’s presidential campaign.