Press Releases
March 23, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: In 1914, Congress passed the Federal Trade Commission Act, marking the beginning of a dual antitrust enforcement regime in the United States.
Because both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforce our nation’s antitrust laws, companies may, and often do, have different experiences when interacting with one agency relative to the other.
March 22, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: The bill before us today, known as the HEALTH Act, is modeled on California’s highly successful litigation reforms that have lowered health care costs and made health care much more accessible to the people of that state.
Because the evidence of the effects of those reforms on lowering health care costs is so overwhelming, the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that if the same reforms were applied at the federal level, they would save $44 billion over a ten-year period.
March 22, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: H.R. 4676, the “Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016,” was introduced by Congressman Tom Rooney of Florida, a former Member of this Committee, and Congressman Ted Deutch of Florida, a current Member of this Committee.
March 21, 2016
Encryption a Top Issue for House Judiciary and Energy and Commerce CommitteesWashington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced the creation of an encryption working group to examine the complicated legal and policy issues surrounding encryption.
March 21, 2016
Border Patrol union chief tells the Judiciary Committee explosive information about the Administration’s policy of releasing unlawful immigrants into U.S.Washington, D.C. – Following the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee’s hearing on the ongoing surge at the southwest border, the House Judiciary Committee received
March 18, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of March 21-25, 2016.
TUESDAY, MARCH 2210:15 a.m. | Full Committee Markup
H.R. 4771, the “Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 2016” (Rep.
March 17, 2016
Washington, D.C.— 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) today introduced the Separation of Powers Restoration Act (H.R. 4768) to restore accountability to the regulatory process.
March 17, 2016
Authorizes Speaker to file brief in Supreme Court challenging President’s unilateral actions on immigration
March 17, 2016
Floor Statement of House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte on H. Res. 639, authorizing the Speaker to appear as amicus curiae on behalf of the House of Representatives in the matter of United States v.