Press Releases
December 18, 2015
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 who suffered terrible loss as a result of the 9/11 attacks receive compensation for their losses. What’s more, the money used to reauthorize the VCF appropriately comes primarily from assets sei
December 18, 2015
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. For months, we have worked with Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley and Ranking Member Leahy to address concerns about rampant fraud and abuse in this visa program.
December 18, 2015
Washington, DC – Today Congressmen Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the House co-chairs of the Congressional International Creativity and Theft-Prevention Caucus, issued the following statement in support of the U.S.
December 17, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below on the swell of unaccompanied alien minors and family units crossing the southwest border.
December 14, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today announced that the House Judiciary Committee is working on legislation to reform visa security processing, including K-1 visas, and ensure that open source information is reviewed as part of the background check for visa applicants:
December 11, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: Mr. Speaker, time is short. A temporary ban on state taxation of Internet access is expiring. Section 922 of the Conference Report aids taxpayers by making this ban permanent.
If the ban on Internet access taxes is not renewed, the potential tax burden on Americans would be substantial. It is estimated that Internet access tax rates could be more than twice the average rate of all other goods and services.
December 11, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed a provision within the Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R.December 9, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: Director Rodriguez, your appearance before this Subcommittee comes at a time when Americans are feeling anxious about the security of our nation, and in particular about the way U.S.
December 8, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 407-19, the Visa Waiver Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015 (H.R. 158) to strengthen the security of the visa waiver program in order to enhance national security and Americans’ safety.
December 8, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: I support H.R. 158, the Visa Waiver Program Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015.
The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) allows nationals of 38 countries to travel to the U.S. for a maximum of 90 days for business or tourism purposes, without obtaining a visa.