Press Releases

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the FBI’s decision to not recommend criminal charges against former State Department Secretary Hillary Clinton for her mishandling of classified information through private email servers and sent a 

Washington, D.C.  – On Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold an oversight hearing entitled, “Assessing the Obama Years: OIRA and Regulatory Impacts on Jobs, Wages and Economic Recovery.”  The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is the nerve center of the regulatory state, respo

Washington, D.C.  – On Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 1:00 p.m., the Task Force on Executive Overreach will hold a hearing titled, “The Federal Government on Autopilot: Mandatory Spending and the Entitlement Crisis.” Since the 1930s, the federal gov

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for answers about why federal immigration authorities released an illegally present alien and took no steps to remove him, consequently allowing him to remain unlaw

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released a statement following the Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: Chairman Goodlatte: “Every human life is sacred and precious, and should be protected from the horrors of abortion.

Washington, D.C.  – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today raised concerns about Obama Administration efforts to relinquish stewardship of key internet functions in light of unanswered legal, constitutional and human rights questions.  Other concerns include whether such a transition

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mimi Walters (CA-45) recently introduced the Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act of 2016, H.R. 5578, along with Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) and 20 original cosponsors.

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of United States v. Texas: “Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively ends President Obama’s unilateral rewrite of our nation’s immigration laws for the remainder of the Obama Administration.