Press Releases

Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement upon the introduction of the Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 (H.R. 5): “If we want to see better and faster growth within our economy, reforming our regulatory system must be at the center of our nation’s focus. The runaway regulatory state is creating hidden costs on hardworking Americans and small business owners alike.

Washington, D.C. – On the first day of the 115^th Congress, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) introduced two balanced budget constitutional amendments in the U.S. House of Representatives. Chairman Goodlatte has introduced balanced budget amendments every Congress since the 110th Congress. H.J. Res. 1 is a four-part balanced budget amendment.

Washington, D.C. - House and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairmen Bob Goodlatte and Chuck Grassley today are calling on the Obama Administration to explain its management of the U visa program following significant findings of fraud and a new administrative policy that appears to violate the law.

The report contains key observations and opportunities for progressWashington, D.C. –Members of the bipartisan encryption working group – established in March 2016 by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.

New laws will give U.S. better access to international art and restore rightful ownership of stolen artworkWashington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement upon the signing of the Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (H.R. 6477) and the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act (H.R.

Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved Kevin and Avonte’s Law (H.R. 4919) by a vote of 346-66 to help protect children with autism and individuals with Alzheimer’s from wandering. Kevin and Avonte’s Law is named in honor of two boys with autism, Kevin Curtis and Avonte Oquendo, who both wandered away from supervision and tragically drowned. The bill reauthorizes an existing Department of Justice grant program, the “Missing Alzheimer’s Disease Patient Alert Program,” and extends the program to cover children with autism, who may be susceptible to the same type of wandering behavior as those with Alzheimer’s.

Proposal on Copyright Office ReformWashington, D.C. – Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) released the first policy proposal to come out of the Committee’s review of U.S.

Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today amended and approved the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act (S. 2854) by voice vote to extend a critical program that helps investigate and prosecute Civil Rights era crimes. In 2008, the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush to create a structured effort to investigate and prosecute racially-motivated crimes committed decades ago.