Press Releases
Chairman Goodlatte: Since the Supreme Court’s decision in Roe v. Wade, medical knowledge regarding the development of unborn babies and their capacities at various stages of growth has advanced dramatically. To give you a sense of how much technology has advanced, here’s the issue of the New York Times announcing the Roe v.
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 36) by a vote of 242-184, which would ban abortions, with limited exceptions, in the United States after 20 weeks post fertilization.
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 338-88 the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048).
Chairman Goodlatte: As we speak, thousands -- no millions -- of telephone metadata records are flowing into the NSA on a daily basis. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Despite changes to the NSA bulk telephone metadata program announced by President Obama last year, the bulk collection of the records has not ceased and will not cease unless and until Congress a
Washington, D.C. – Editorial boards across the United States have come out in support of the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048), a strong, bipartisan bill that reforms our nation’s intelligence-gathering programs operated under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 13
10:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
Washington, D.C. – 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 Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the statement below after the Second Circuit Court of