Press Releases
October 3, 2017
Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) urged the administration to put American victims of terrorism first by securing a binding commitment from Sudan to compensate for its historical support of international terrorism that has killed and injured Americans serving abroad.
In a joint letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, t
October 3, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act (S. 178).
October 3, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of the PROTECT Our Children Act (S. 782).
Chairman Goodlatte: I’m pleased today that we are voting to reauthorize the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 — or, the PROTECT Act. The PROTECT Act authorizes local law enforcement task forces to combat crimes against children online.
October 3, 2017
Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act of 2017. In an op-ed for LifeNews, Chairman Goodlatte defends this important pro-life bill.
Why is Banning Late-Term Abortions on Babies After 20 Weeks So Controversial?
By Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) October 2, 2017
October 3, 2017
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, October 4, 2017, the House Judiciary Committee will consider the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 3711). This bill, introduced by Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and Congressman Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), preserves jobs for citizens and legal workers by requiring U.S.
October 2, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today unveiled a bill to create a new, workable agricultural guestworker program for America’s farmers and ranchers.
The Agricultural Guestworker Act, or the AG Act, replaces the outdated and broken H-2A guestworker program with a reliable, efficient, and fair program and will be marked up by the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, October 4, 2017. The H-2A program is widely known to be expensive, time-consuming, and flawed.
October 2, 2017
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of October 2-6, 2017.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 310:00 a.m.Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and InvestigationsHearing: Online Sex Trafficking and the Communications Decency Act
Witnesses:
- The Honorable Chris Cox, Outside Counsel, NetChoice
- Mr. Jeff Kosseff, Assistant Professor, United States Naval Academy
- Ms. Mary G.
September 29, 2017
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Online Sex Trafficking and the Communications Decency Act.”
In recent years, there has been a spate of criminal and civil litigation against Backpage.com, a website that offers classified listings, including an extensive adult services section in which minors and women forced into prostitution are advertised. Backpage.com is considered the leading online marketplace for commercial sex and operates in 97 countries.
September 27, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho) met with Department of State Secretary Rex Tillerson and Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke regarding the Trump Administration’s refugee ceiling for Fiscal Year 2018.
September 27, 2017
Washington, D.C. -- The House of Representatives today approved by voice vote H.R. 3229, bipartisan legislation to protect the safety of federal judges. This bill, authored by Representatives Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) and a product of the House Judiciary Committee, extends the authority of the Judicial Conference to redact sensitive personal information contained in the financial disclosure reports of federal judges.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.