Press Releases
November 2, 2017
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Stopping Abusive Female Exploitation Act (H.R. 3317). This bill, introduced by Congressman Dave Trott (R-Mich.) and also known as the SAFE Act, prevents discrimination against women and young girls by increasing the maximum penalty for female genital mutilation.
The Center for Disease Control estimates that at least half a million females in the United States have undergone genital mutilation or are at risk of having it done. While female genital mutilation is illegal in the United States, the federal penalty is much weaker than penalties in other countries.
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 Stopping Abusive Female Exploitation Act (H.R. 3317).
Chairman Goodlatte: The Stopping Abusive Female Exploitation Act, or SAFE Act, addresses the internationally-recognized human rights violation of female genital mutilation (FGM). Alarmingly, FGM has grown in prevalence in the United States over the past two decades.
November 2, 2017
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act (H.R. 1730). This bipartisan bill, introduced by Congressman David Kustoff (R-Tenn.), protects religious institutions and centers from threats and acts of violence.
According to the Anti-Defamation League, the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States skyrocketed by 86 percent in the first three months of this year, including vandalism incidents, cemetery desecrations, and numerous bomb threats against community centers.
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.
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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. Tragically, we have witnessed yet again that the visa lottery poses a threat to the safety of our citizens and the security of our nation.