Press Releases
June 29, 2017
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 228-195 a bill to strengthen public safety by combating dangerous sanctuary policies that permit criminals to go free. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Representatives Steve King (R-Iowa) and Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), authors of the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act (H.R. 3003), applauded House passage of the bill in the statements below.
Chairman Goodlatte: “Sanctuary cities needlessly jeopardize innocent lives.
June 29, 2017
Members request further info and briefing on plans of rollbackWashington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-PA), Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy (R-PA), and Environment Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today sent a
June 29, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of Kate’s Law (H.R. 3004).
Chairman Goodlatte: Mr.
June 29, 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 No Sanctuary for Criminals Act (H.R. 3003).
Chairman Goodlatte: Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act. This simple, straightforward bill combats dangerous sanctuary policies that permit criminals to go free. We are all too familiar with how sanctuary polices have devastated families across the United States.
June 29, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks during the Regulatory Reform, Commercial, and Antitrust Law Subcommittee hearing on “Recent Trends in International Antitrust Enforcement.”
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June 29, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives will vote on two bills authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act (H.R. 3003) and Kate’s Law (H.R. 3004).
June 28, 2017
Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Chairman Steve King (R-Iowa) issued the following statements applauding House passage of the Protecting Access to Care Act (H.R. 1215) by a vote of 218-210.
June 28, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today gave the following statement on the House floor in support of the Protecting Access to Care Act (H.R.
June 28, 2017
Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement applauding today’s Committee passage of the Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2017 (H.R. 1096) by a voice vote.
“When hardworking Americans pay their taxes, they expect their money to be used by the government in an honest and open manner.
June 28, 2017
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by a vote of 15-11 legislation to reform the refugee program. The Refugee Program Integrity Restoration Act (H.R. 2826), introduced by Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), reforms the refugee program by curbing fraud and strengthening public safety and national security.