Press Releases
June 21, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has learned that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) significantly underreported the criminal convictions of aliens who the agency released in Fiscal Year 2014.
June 17, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of June 20-24, 2016. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2210:00 a.m. | Full CommitteeHearing on: “Examining the Allegations of Misconduct Against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, Part II”
Witnesses:
- Jonathan Turley, Professor of Law, George Washington University
- Andrew
June 16, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at 1:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice will hold a legislative hearing on H.R.
June 16, 2016
Fourth Plank of Bold Agenda Curtails Executive Overreach, Imposes New Limits on Spending, and Increases Transparency for TaxpayersWATCH LIVE as lawmakers unveil an initiative to restore self-government and uphold the Constitution.
WASHINGTON—Today, at an event in National Statuary Hall, House Republicans unveiled
HEARING ADVISORY: House Judiciary Committee to Hold Second Hearing on Misconduct by IRS Commissioner
June 15, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, June 22 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a second hearing to examine the allegations of misconduct against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen.
At the hearing, members of the House Judiciary Committee will hear from outside experts on the findings presented by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee at the first hearing and whether further congressional action is w
June 14, 2016
Third Plank of Bold Agenda Includes More Than 100 Ideas to Tackle Excessive Regulations, Develop American Energy, and Promote Financial IndependenceWashington, D.C. —Today, House Republicans unveiled a plan to grow our economy by tackling excessive regulations, developing American energy, and promoting financial independence for people who work hard and do the right thing.
June 9, 2016
Second Plank of Bold Agenda Includes 67 Recommendations to Protect the Homeland, Defeat the Terrorists, Tackle New Threats, and Defend FreedomWashington, D.C.
June 8, 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 House Judiciary Committee member John L. Ratcliffe (R-Texas) praised today’s House Judiciary Committee approval of the “Separation of Powers Restoration Act (SOPRA) of 2016” (H.R. 4768) by a vote of 12-8.
Since the Supreme Court’s ruling in Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, 467 U.S.
June 8, 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 agencies’ self-serving interpretations of the statutes they administer. Similarly, the bill takes on the related Auer doctrine, under which courts defer to agencies’ interpreta
June 7, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: The Judiciary Committee routinely exercises its oversight authority to ensure that our nation’s antitrust laws are applied in a manner that is transparent, fair, predictable, and reasonably stable over time. A natural extension of this oversight is ensuring that our nation’s companies and citizens receive comparable treatment in foreign jurisdictions.
As commerce becomes an increasingly global enterprise, the manner in which antitrust and competition laws are applied to companies and citizens located or engaged in business outside of the United