Press Releases

Washington, D.C.— Today the House of Representatives passed the Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015 (H.R. 712), by a vote of 244-173.

Chairman Goodlatte: As we begin 2016, we face the same difficulty we have faced since the beginning of the Obama Administration.

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on President Obama’s executive actions on firearms: Chairman Goodlatte: “The right of the people to keep and bear arms is one of the fundamental principles of our Republic and is not to be infringed.

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.), House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas.), and Rep.

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below regarding the significant drop in removals for unlawful and criminal aliens in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015.  In FY 2015, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted only 235,000 removals, which is down from last fiscal year’s low of 315,000 removals.

***Update: Following up on Chairman Goodlatte’s statement from Saturday (12/19/15) regarding Tashfeen Malik’s immigration file, please find a copy of Malik’s K-1 Visa application here.**Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) is

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) issued the following statement upon passage of the omnibus legislation, which includes a provision to renew the September 11th Victims Compensation Fund: “Today’s passage of a fully-funded 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund (VCF) will ensure that those

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) issued the following statement on bipartisan, bicameral efforts to reform the EB-5 investor visa program: “We are disappointed that the omnibus appropriations bill did not contain bipartisan, bicameral reforms to the EB-5 investor visa program.