Press Releases
November 30, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by voice vote the Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act (H.R. 3490).
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.
November 30, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to examine H.R. 699, the Email Privacy Act, a bill authored by Rep.
November 25, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s letter which threatens states who refuse services to certain refugees with enforcement action:
“While the United States has the most generous refugee system in the world, the American people are rightly concerned about admitting Syrian refugees and the impact it would have on the safety of their families and neighbors.
November 24, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to examine H.R. 699, the Email Privacy Act, a bill authored by Rep.
November 24, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for information about the threat of ISIS members entering the United States through the porous southwest border.
Recent news reports have highlighted concerns about Syrian nationals with fraudulent passports attempting to come to the U.S. In November 2015, it was reported that five Syrian men with fraudulent Greek passports were apprehended in Honduras with the intention of entering the United States. Additionally, U.S.
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 slaughtered by ISIS terrorists. And we know that at least one of the perpetrators registered as a refugee from Syria while in transit to Paris.
Armed with that knowledge, today we examine the Administration’s plan to admit thousands of Syrians into the U.S.