Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, July 23, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee’s Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled “Sanctuary Cities: A Threat to Public Safety.” The hearing will examine dangerous policies adopted by some state and local governments that refuse to honor the federal government’s authority to enforce immigration laws, and the Obama Administration’s complicity in this problem.
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Secret Service Improvements Act of 2015 (H.R. 1656). This bipartisan bill – authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) – reforms the United States Secret Service.
Washington, D.C. – Today a coalition representing many free market, taxpayer, and consumer groups announced their support for the Innovation Act (H.R. 9). This bipartisan bill – introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and a bipartisan group of Members – takes steps to combat the ever increasing problem of abusive patent litigation. H.R. 9 was recently reported out of the House Judiciary Committee by an overwhelming vote and will be considered by the full House of Representatives in the coming weeks.
Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today announced a Committee investigation into allegations that Planned Parenthood abortion doctors altered abortion procedures in order to harvest the organs and body parts of aborted children for money.
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and 18 Republican Members of the House Judiciary Committee today pressed for answers about the Obama Administration’s unprecedented clemency program for certain federal drug offenders in a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Secretary Jeh Johnson testified before the House Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The hearing largely focused on the Department’s poor record on immigration enforcement and failure to crack down on dangerous sanctuary city policies.
Takeaways:
Washington, D.C. – Today a broad coalition representing many vital sectors of the American economy expressed their support for the Innovation Act (H.R. 9).
Washington, D.C. – At an oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today released new information obtained from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on the recidivism of criminal aliens freed by the Obama Administration during Fiscal Year 2014.
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., Secretary Jeh Johnson will testify before the House Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The hearing will largely examine the Department’s lack of enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws.
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week.
TUESDAY, JULY 14
10:00 a.m. Full Committee
Oversight of the United States Department of Homeland Security
Witness:
- The Honorable Jeh Johnson, Secretary, Department of Homeland Security
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
10:00 a.m. Full Committee Markup