Press Releases

Goodlatte, Smith, Cornyn, Cruz File Brief Supporting Halt of President’s Unilateral Immigration Actions

March 18, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), and Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) – in conjunction with the American Center for Law and Justice – today filed an amicus brief wit

Goodlatte, Gowdy, Labrador Applaud Action to Keep Seasonal Guestworker Program Operating

March 17, 2015

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Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), and Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Vice Chairman Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) today applauded the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Labor’s (DOL) decision to continue processing H-2B applications while the

Goodlatte Statement on Meeting with Secret Service Director Clancy

March 17, 2015

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Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement after meeting with U.S. Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy and other lawmakers to discuss a recent incident where two Secret Service officers suspected of driving under the influence disrupted an active bomb investigation at the White House complex:

Crime Subcommittee to Examine Issues Surrounding Child Exploitation Restitution

March 17, 2015

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Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, March 19, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled “Child Exploitation Restitution Following the Paroline v. United States Decision.”

Goodlatte, Marino, Farenthold Applaud FTC’s Decision to Streamline Antitrust Laws

March 13, 2015

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Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) applaud the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) action today to

Goodlatte: Secret Service Agents’ Poor Judgement Endangers White House Complex

March 12, 2015

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Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement after a press report that two Secret Service agents suspected of driving under the influence and striking a

Goodlatte: Witness Security Program Gives Cloak of Anonymity to Sex Offenders

March 11, 2015

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Washington, D.C. – The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General today issued a scathing report identifying significant concerns with the Department’s handling of sex offenders in the Witness Security Program and the threat they pose after being terminated from the program. As of July 2014, the Inspecto

Judiciary Committee to Examine Net Neutrality Rule

March 11, 2015

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Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled “Wrecking the Internet to Save It?

Goodlatte: Administration Abandons Attack on Second Amendment

March 10, 2015

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Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced that it will abandon its plan to ban a widely-used bullet

Member Spotlight: Rep. Mimi Walters

March 6, 2015

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte welcomed five new Republican members to the House Judiciary Committee for the 114th Congress. We will profile each new member in a five-part series.

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