Press Releases

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today announced the establishment of a working group to examine police accountability, aggression towards law enforcement, and public safety concerns related to these issues.

Chairman Goodlatte: The Committee’s Criminal Justice Reform Initiative seeks to address a number of issues, including juvenile justice reform.  We continue forward with our efforts today with consideration of H.R. 68, the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention Act.  This bill reauthorizes the Justice Department’s Juvenile Accountability Block Grant (JABG) program, strengthens the JABG program to reduce youth crime and contains a robust accountability and oversight mechanism to ensure taxpayer dollars are used efficiently and appropriately.

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement after today’s bipartisan passage of the Clarifying Amendment to Provide Terrorism Victims Equity (CAPTIVE) Act (H.R. 3394) by the House of Representatives by unanimous consent. Chairman Goodlatte: “Members of Congress sent a strong message of support to U.S. victims of terror who are in the constant pursuit of justice against those who have carried out horrible acts against our citizens.

Bipartisan Bill now heads to the President’s desk to be signed into lawWashington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement after the House of Representatives agreed by unanimous consent to pass the Protecting Our Lives by Initiating COPS Expansion (POLICE) Act of 2016 (S. 2840). This bipartisan bill allows law enforcement and medical personnel across the country to use federal grant funds to train and better prepare for active shooter situations, including training civilians how to respond if confronted by an active shooter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh1CERXLe44 Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), and House Judiciary Committee member and bill sponsor John Ratcliffe (R-Texas) praised today’s passage of the Separation of Powers Restoration Act (SOPRA) of 2016 (H.R. 4768) by the House of Representatives by a vote of 240-171. “When the Framers created three equal branches of government, they did so in order to prevent one from taking power from the others.

Washington, D.C.  – At today’s House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice,” members of the Committee had many questions about Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s failure to uphold the law by not prosecuting Secretary Hillary Clinton for mishandling classified information on private email servers.

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s refusal to answer basic legal questions about the investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information on private email servers: “It’s clear that, a little over an hour into today’s hearing, Attorney General Lynch has no intention of answering any of our questions regarding the Department’s decision not to charge former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, even the most basic questions about the legal elements the government is obligated

Chairman Goodlatte: Welcome, Attorney General Lynch, to your second appearance before the House Judiciary Committee. The flags over the Capitol are flying at half-mast in recognition of the five Dallas police officers murdered in cold blood last week.  This was not an arrest gone wrong.  The person who carried out this appalling act of terror and hate stalked and murdered five police officers, and injured seven others and two civilians, ostensibly in retaliation for recent police shootings, including the tragic and fatal shootings in Minnesota and Louisiana last week. We all mourn those tragedies.  The divisiveness between our police and our communities must end.