Press Releases
November 2, 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 Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017 (H.R. 1730).
Chairman Goodlatte: Freedom in the exercise of religion is a fundamental right that our founding fathers chose to place as the first recognized right in our Bill of Rights.
November 2, 2017
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act (H.R. 3249) to curb the rise in gang activity and violence in the United States.
November 2, 2017
Washington, D.C. -- On Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 2:00 p.m., the Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled “Sovereign Immunity and the Intellectual Property System”. The hearing will examine the issue of intellectual property rights owned by entities that claim sovereign immunity on the basis of the 11th Amendment or Native American tribal immunity.
Recently, drug company Allergan transferred a number of patents
November 2, 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 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program AuthorizationAct (H.R.
November 1, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks during the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee’s oversight hearing on the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
Chairman Goodlatte: The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is charged with the administration of the U.S. Immigration Courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA).
November 1, 2017
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following remarks at the Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee hearing on The Heartbeat Protection Act (H.R. 490).
Chairman Goodlatte: Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v.
November 1, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the diversity visa lottery. Sayfullo Saipov, an immigrant from Uzbekistan who is allegedly responsible for yesterday’s terrorist attack in New York City, entered the United States through the diversity visa program in 2010.
Chairman Goodlatte: “For years, I have called for ending the diversity visa lottery and have sponsored legislation to do just that.
November 1, 2017
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks during the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law oversight
October 31, 2017
Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 11:30 AM, the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice will hold a hearing on the Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017
October 31, 2017
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at 2:00 p.m., the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) where Acting Director James McHenry will testify.
EOIR is an office within the Department of Justice that is tasked with adjudicating immigration cases by interpreting and administering the United States’ immigration laws.