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June 24, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the announcement that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will no longer detain families who illegally enter the United States.

June 23, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the Obama Administration’s new hostage policy that allows families of Americans held by terrorist groups to pay ransom without fear of prosecution by the U.S. government.

June 23, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee recently learned that the Obama Administration has begun to implement its Priority Enforcement Program (PEP), which replaces the successful Secure Communities program and allows significant numbers of criminal aliens to remain in the United States. PEP is part of the unilateral changes to the U.S.

June 22, 2015

Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, June 25, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a criminal justice reform listening session.

June 22, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following listening session and hearing for next week.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24

Full Committee
10:00 a.m. Full Committee 

June 17, 2015
Washington, D.C.—The House Judiciary Committee approved H.R.
June 17, 2015

Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a legislativehearing on the Rapid DNA Act (

June 17, 2015
Washington, D.C.—Today the House Judiciary Committee approved the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015 (H.R.
June 17, 2015
Washington, D.C.—The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015 (H.R.
June 15, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week. TUESDAY, JUNE 162:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust LawHearing on: H.R.