Press Releases
May 24, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Thank you, Chairman King, for convening this fifth hearing of the Task Force on Executive Overreach, this one focusing on executive overreach in federal regulations.
Federal regulations take a huge toll on small business. Warren Meyer, the owner of a company who runs campgrounds, said recently “In one year, I literally spent more personal time on co
May 24, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today held a hearing on “Examining the Allegations of Misconduct Against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, Part I.” At the hearing, members of the House Judiciary Committee examined the findings
May 24, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: The Constitution sets forth a system of checks and balances which grants each branch of government tools to ensure that no one branch of government attains too much power. The legislative branch’s tools include the power to write the laws, the power of the purse, the impeachment power, and the power to censure, among others.
May 20, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of May 23-27, 2016.
TUESDAY, MAY 2410:00 a.m. | Full CommitteeHearing on: Examining the Allegatio
May 19, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, May 24, 2016 at 3:00 p.m., the Task Force on Executive Overreach will hold a hearing titled, “The Federal Government on Autopilot: Delegation of Regulatory Authority to an Unaccountabl
May 19, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, May 24 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Examining the Allegations of Misconduct Against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, Part I."
At the hearing, members of th
May 19, 2016
Civil asset forfeiture reform is part of the House Judiciary Committee’s criminal justice reform initiativeWashington, D.C. – As part of the House Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative, Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investi
May 19, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) have pressed Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) efforts to make New Orleans a sanctuary city.
In 2010, the mayor of the City of New Orleans requested DOJ to “reform” the New Orleans Police
May 17, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: The modern federal administrative state is an institution unforeseen by the Framers of our Constitution and rapidly mushrooming out of control.
The “Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016” takes square aim at one of the biggest roots of this problem – the Chevron doctrine, under which federal courts regularly defer to regulatory a
May 17, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Thank you, Mr.