Press Releases
November 19, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: From an immigration standpoint, perhaps the most essential lesson from the 9/11 terrorist acts is that foreign nationals who want to do us harm will exploit all aspects of our generous immigration policy to do so - even if it takes months or years.
Tragically, our allies in France learned that same lesson when over 120 people, including at least one American, were
November 19, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 289-137 the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 (H.R. 4038).
November 18, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved four bills to rein in the explosion of federal criminal law, commonly referred to as over-criminalization.
First, the Committee approved the Criminal Code Improvement Act of 2015 (H.R.
November 18, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: The legislation the Committee will consider today is the culmination of three years of work on over-criminalization and criminal justice reform.
November 18, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: H.R.
November 18, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: The Office of the Law Revision Counsel has an ongoing responsibility under section 285b of title 2 of the United States Code to maintain the United States Code and assist the House Judiciary Committee in the revision and codification of Federal statutes.
In order to maintain and improve the United States Code, the Office of the Law Revision Counsel must occasionall
November 18, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: H.R.
November 18, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: H.R. 4023, the “Clean Up the Code Act of 2015,” introduced by Congressman Steve Chabot of Ohio, strikes several sections of the U.S.
November 18, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote bipartisan legislation to reform federal sentencing laws. The Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 (H.R.
November 18, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee released a new video on the bipartisan Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 (H.R. 3713).