Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement condemning the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia: “I am deeply saddened and revolted by the hate and violence taking place in Charlottesville, and am praying for the victim killed and others injured.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the announcement from President Trump declaring the opioid crisis as a national emergency: “The opioid epidemic currently plaguing the United States is destroying lives, families, and communities across the United States and it shows no signs of stopping.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling (R-Tx.), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-Mo.), and Courts, Intellectual Property & the Internet Su

Washington, D.C. - An op-ed on the importance of enforcing our immigration laws and securing our borders, written by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), today appeared on

Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the Senate’s confirmation of Vishal Amin as the U.S. Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator (IPEC): “I commend the Senate for confirming Vishal Amin as the White House's next Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator.

Washington, D.C. --House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on Senators Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and David Perdue’s (R-Ga.) introduction of the updated Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy Act (RAISE): “The United States has the most generous legal immigration system in the world.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the Senate’s confirmation of Christopher Wray as Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): “I commend the Senate for confirming Christopher Wray as the next Director of the FBI.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement in response to two Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports on integrity of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program: Chairman Goodlatte: “The U.S.