Press Releases
October 5, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) sent a letter to the U.S.
October 4, 2016
Goodlatte presses ICE on its use of license plate readers at gun showsWashington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed U.S.
October 3, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed Attorney General Loretta Lynch about a secret agreement to destroy the laptops of top advisors to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
As part of the House Judiciary Committee’s ongoing oversight of Secretary Clinton’s unauthorized use of a private email server during her tenure as Secretary of State, the Justice Department provided a private review of certain immunity agreements entered into during the investigation.
September 30, 2016
Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement marking the 40th anniversary of the passage of the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits the use of taxpayer dollars to fund most abortion practices and abortion coverage through government programs. The Hyde Amendment is named after former House Judiciary Committee Chairman Henry Hyde (R-Ill.).
“Thanks to the passage of the Hyde Amendment, millions of children have been saved from the horrors of abortion. In fact, recent estimates find that over 2 million people have been saved by the Hyde Amendment.
September 28, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, September 28, 2016, Director James Comey testified before the House Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
September 28, 2016
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Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following statement on the floor of the House of Representatives supporting the veto override of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. Chairman Goodlatte: Earlier today, the Senate voted 97 to 1 to override the President’s veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. I rise to urge my colleagues to follow the Senate’s action and vote to override this veto so that Americans may seek judicial redress against any foreign government that ch
September 28, 2016
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September 27, 2016
*This hearing is postponed until a date and time TBD*
Washington, D.C. — On Thursday, September 29, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold an oversight hearing to examine the activities of four Department of Justice (DOJ) components (Civil; Tax; Environment and Natural Resources; and the U.S. Trustee Program) within the House Judiciary Committee’s jurisdiction.
September 27, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following opening statement at the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee hearing on “New Orleans: How the Crescent City Became a Sanctuary City.”
Chairman Goodlatte: Sanctuary cities refuse to cooperate with U.S.
September 23, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), leaders of the bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group, today issued the following joint statement on the police-involved shootings in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Charlotte, North Carolina and subsequent protests:
“The heartbreaking images from Tulsa and Charlotte remind us once again that our nation has much work to do on the issues of the use of force by police and the relationship between law enforcement and the community. There must be an end to these senseless acts of violence.