Press Releases
September 21, 2016
Washington, D.C.
September 19, 2016
Goodlatte & Grassley Question the Obama Administration’s Refusal to Issue Visa SanctionsWashington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are pressing for more information regarding a criminal gang member who shot and critically injured two correctional officers on September 3, 2016. Thong Vang should have been removed more than two years ago after serving 16 years in prison for raping three girls under the age of 14. However, he was released because his native country of Laos refused to accept him.
September 16, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of September 19-23, 2016.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2110:00 a.m. Full Committee HearingImpeachment Articles Referred on John Koskinen, Part III
Witness:
- The Honorable John Koskinen, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service
September 16, 2016
Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement ahead of the commemoration of the 229th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States on September 17th:
“The Framers of the Constitution presented our nation with a founding document that has shaped who we are as a nation, defining a system of government designed to keep government in check so that individual freedom could flourish.
“As a Member of Congress and Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, I am constantly reminded of the Constitution’s importance and the role it plays in the work I do.
September 16, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) released the following statement regarding copyright concerns with the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) set-top box proposal.
“Regardless of whether one supports or opposes the FCC’s efforts to create set-top box alternatives, we have very serious concerns that this should not be accomplished through a compulsory copyright licensing process that may well exceed the FCC’s jurisdiction.
September 16, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR), today sent a letter to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler regarding the agency’s set-top box proposal.
The committee leaders write, “While much remains unknown, what is clear at this point is that the proposal would benefit from public process. … Absent a public vetting of the Commission’s proposal it is unclear what the Commission is planning, let alone its impact.
September 15, 2016
Director Saldaña to testifyWashington, D.C. – On Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold an oversight hearing on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Director Sarah Saldaña will answer questions before the Committee regarding the agency’s failure to enforce immigration laws, its release of criminal aliens and inaccurate data provided to the Committee about these releases, and refusal to crack down on dangerous sanctuary city policies.
ICE is tasked with enforcing U.S.
September 14, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, September 21, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a third hearing to examine the allegations of misconduct and articles of impeachment filed against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen. Commissioner Koskinen will be the sole witness before the Committee.
September 14, 2016
Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), and Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman, and sponsor of the bill Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) praised the House Judiciary Committee’s passage of the Midnight Rules Relief Act (H.R.
September 14, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: “Midnight regulation” is one of the most vexing problems in Washington’s overreaching regulatory system. Administration after administration, there is a spike in rulemaking activity during the last year of a president’s term—particularly between Election Day and Inauguration Day.
These successive waves of midnight regulation present deeply troubling issues. First and foremost, because outgoing administrations are no longer accountable to the voters, they are much more prone to issue midnight regulations that fly in the face of the electoral mandate the voters just gave the new, incoming administration.
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