Press Releases
October 8, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: A child’s heart begins to form three weeks after conception. By the fifth week, her heart begins to beat, pumping blood throughout her little body and her arm and leg buds begin to grow. Her brain begins to develop. Her eyes and ears begin to form. By the sixth week, her hands and feet begin to form.
The following week, her toes can be seen. During this time, she kicks, and will jump if startled.
October 7, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) issued the following statement on the House Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative and announced a press conference for tomorrow.
“For the past several months, the House Judiciary Committee has been working on a bipartisan basis on several bills to ensure our federal criminal laws and regulations appropriately punish wrongdoers, are effectively and appropriately enforced, operate with fairness and compassion, protect individual freed
October 7, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Congressman Raul Labrador (R-Idaho), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), and other members of the House Judiciary Committee will hold a press conference on THURSDAY at 9:15AM ET on bipartisan sentencing reform legislation.
October 7, 2015
Washington, D.C.— On Thursday, October 8, 2015, at 2:00 p.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold its second hearing in a series titled, “Planned Parenthood Exposed: Examining Abortion Procedures and Medical Ethics at the Nation’s Largest Abortion Provider." This hearing will continue to examine the abortion practices of Planned Parenthood, which has been the subject of an ongoing House Judiciary Committee
Goodlatte and Grassley Press Homeland Security Secretary for Swift Action on Sanctuary Jurisdictions
October 6, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today are calling on the Department of Homeland Security to back words with actions when dealing with state and local jurisdictions that refuse to comply with federal immigration requests.
October 6, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 10:30 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to examine the Syrian refugee crisis and its impact on the security of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. President Obama has set the overall refugee ceiling at 85,000 for Fiscal Year 2016 and announced that the Administration will admit 10,000 Syrian refugees over the coming year.
October 6, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today passed by voice vote the Adoptive Family Relief Act (S.1300).
October 5, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7**POSTPONED** 10:30 a.m. | Full CommitteeThe Syrian Refugee Crisis and Its Impact on the Security of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program
Witnesses TBA
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 82:00 p.m.
October 2, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today sent a letter to Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy expressing deep concern over the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General’s report detailing Secret Service personnel’s inappropriate access to the personal information of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), which was a violation of federal law. In the letter Chairman Goodlatte writes:
“Dear Director Clancy:
October 1, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued this statement following the release of the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General’s report detailing U.S.