Press Releases
September 21, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: The Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act provides a clear, uniform framework for when States may tax nonresident employees who travel to the taxing State to perform work.
In particular, this bill prevents States from imposing income tax compliance burdens on nonresidents who work in a foreign State for fewer than 30 days in a year.
The State tax laws that determine when a nonresident must pay a foreign State's income tax and when employers must withhold this tax are numerous and varied.
Some States tax income earned within their borders by nonresidents even if the employee only works in the State for just one day. These complicated
September 21, 2016
Washington, D.C. —House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.) issued the following statements on today’s approval by the House of Representatives of the “Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists (REVIEW) Act of 2016” (H.R.
September 21, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Washington’s regulatory system one that virtually every day places new obstacles in the path of American jobs and economic growth. The biggest obstacles of all are new regulations that impose more than $1 billion per year in costs on the American economy.
Struggling workers, families and small business owners have every right to ask why regulations that cost this much are ever promulgated at all. Surely there are less costly measures that are effective and should be adopted instead.
September 21, 2016
Director James Comey to testify and answer questions from committee membersWashington, D.C. – On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., Director James Comey will testify before the House Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Established in 1908, the FBI is a national security and law enforcement agency tasked with protecting the United States from terrorist threats and upholding and enforcing the criminal laws of the United States.
September 21, 2016
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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.