Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of the Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act of 2016 (H.R. 5578). Chairman Goodlatte: This summer, the harrowing account of the Stanford rape victim sparked outrage across the United States and around the globe.

Director Michelle Lee to testify before the CommitteeWashington, D.C.  – On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 1:00 p.m., Director of the U.S.

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of September 6-9, 2016.  WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 710:30 a.m. | Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil JusticeHearing on: Oversight of the Judgment Fund: Iran, Big Settlements, and the Lack of Transparency Witnesses:

• Professor Paul Figley, Associate Director of Le

Subcommittee Will Examine Transparency and Application of the Judgment FundWashington, D.C. — On Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at 10:30 A.M., the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice will hold an oversight hearing entitled, “Oversight of the Judgment Fund: Iran, Big Settlements, and the Lack of Transparency.” The hearing will examine the history and use of the government’s Judgment Fund, which is a permanent and indefinite appropriation for the Department of Justice to pay settlements and judgments made against the United States. The use of the J

Washington, D.C. — House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced that House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte’s (R-Va.) bipartisan “Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016” (H.R.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for information about a criminal alien known by federal authorities who carjacked and robbed two elderly women at gunpoint in Kansas City, Missouri. Eduardo Irhneis Escobar, an unlawful immigrant from Honduras, was convicted for felony assault in 2010 and has been encountered by federal immigration authorities since then.

FCC Fails to Recognize Market Realities and Reduces Competition through Excessive RegulationWashington, D.C.— Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement regarding the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) release of its Media Ownership Rules: Chairman Goodlatte: “Today, the FCC continues its recent tradition of advancing unnecessary and burdensome regulation