Press Releases
December 2, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: As I previously stated, the Office of the Law Revision Counsel must occasionally undertake editorial reclassification projects to reorganize areas of law that have outgrown their original boundaries, or to eliminate organizational units that are no longer efficient. H.R. 2831 reflects yet another of the Office’s editorial reclassification efforts, and I thank Ranking Member Conyers (D-Mich.) for cosponsoring this bill as well.
H.R. 2831 will update statutory references to provisions classified to title 50.
December 2, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement today on a new Government Accountability Office report which finds that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review have failed to develop agency-wide policies and procedures to identify and prevent asylum fraud.
“This new GAO report adds to mounting evidence that the Obama Administration refuses to take the steps necessary to crack down on asylum fraud and protect the integrity of our immigration system.
December 2, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: H.R. 2832 is yet another bill addressing a reclassification of the United States Code by the Office of Law Revision Counsel, and I am pleased to be joined in sponsoring this notable bill by Ranking Member Conyers (D-Mich.). It is only fitting that he cosponsor the bill recognizing the creation of a new title of the United States Code dedicated exclusively to voting and election laws.
In 1926, when the organizational structure of the United States Code was established, no separate title for voting and elections was created.
December 2, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: The last year has seen a number of high profile cyber-attacks resulting in the theft of millions of personal and financial records about Americans.
December 1, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). This agency is part of the U.S.
December 1, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: Today’s hearing examines H.R.
November 30, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: I’d like to begin by thanking Representative Doug Collins (R-Ga.) and Constitution Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) for introducing this important government transparency legislation.
Every year, pursuant to the Equal Access to Justice Act, the federal government through settlement or court order pays millions of dollars in legal fees and costs to parties to lawsuits and administrative adjudications that involve the federal government.
November 30, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of November 30 – December 4, 2015:
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 110:00 a.m. | Full Committee HearingH.R. 699, the “Email Privacy Act”
Witnesses:
- Mr. Andrew J. Ceresney, Director, Division of Enforcement, United States Securities and Exchange Commission
- Mr. Richard W. Littlehale, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Criminal Investigation Division, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation
- Mr.
November 30, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the following statement on the implementation of the USA Freedom Act:
November 30, 2015
Washington, D.C.— The House of Representatives today passed by voice vote the Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act (H.R. 3279), a bipartisan bill authored by Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) and Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.).
The bill reinstates tracking and reporting requirements of payments made by the federal government under the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) in order to increase transparency and inform Congress of the impact and effectiveness of the law.