Press Releases
February 24, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, March 1, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., the Task Force on Executive Overreach will hold its first hearing titled “The Original Understanding of Congress’ Role and How Far We’ve Drifted from It.”
In writing the U.S.
February 24, 2016
BILL EQUIPS FEDERAL PRISON OFFICIALS WITH PEPPER SPRAY TO QUELL ACTS OF VIOLENCE IN PRISONS
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by voice vote the Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act of 2015 (S. 238).
February 24, 2016
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Chairman Goodlatte: Mr. Speaker, I yield myself as much time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, today I rise in support of S. 238, the “Eric Williams Correctional Officer Protection Act of 2015.”
Eric Williams was born on August 24, 1978, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He was the son of Donald and Jean Williams.
February 24, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by a vote of 17-10 the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2015 (H.R.
February 24, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: I was troubled to learn that the State Department has never designated the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization.
Since the Muslim Brotherhood formed in Egypt in 1928, it has sought to foster the establishment of a global Islamic state and jihadism in Muslims around the world. The Brotherhood’s strategic goal “in America is a kind of grand Ji
February 23, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: The Nation’s legal lights faded recently, with the loss of the great Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia.
February 23, 2016
Washington, D.C.—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today joined 205 members of the House and Senate who have signed an amicus brief to support petitioners in the State of West Virginia et al v.
February 23, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the plan issued by the Department of Defense to close the Guantanamo Bay detention facili
February 22, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on “International Conflicts of Law Concerning Cross Border Data Flow and Law Enforcement Requests.”
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February 19, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of February 22-26, 2016.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2410:00 a.m.