Press Releases
April 13, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced a markup for Wednesday, April 15, 2015. Below is the Committee’s schedule for the remainder of the week.TUESDAY, APRIL 1410:00 a.m. Full CommitteeOversight of U.S. Immigration and Customs EnforcementWitness:
The Honorable Sarah R. Saldaña, Director, U.S.
April 10, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, April 15, 2015 at 2:00 p.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled “Analyzing Misconduct in Federal Law Enforcement.”
April 10, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today sent a letter signed by 36 other Members of Congress to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson asking that the Obama Administration’s new regulations for the H-2B seasonal guestworker program be user-friendly for the thousands of businesses that rely on the program and protect American workers.
March 26, 2015
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-Wisc.), and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) today introduced the Secret Service Improvements Act of2015 (H.R.
March 26, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General’s report regarding sexual misconduct and harassment allegations at four federal law enforcement agencies.
March 24, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee approved the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act of 2015 (H.R. 1155) by a vote of 17-12. Congressman Jason Smith (R-Mo.) is the chief sponsor of the bill.
The bill seeks to establish a blue-ribbon review committee to provide Congress with recommendations for the elimination of obsolete or unnecessary regulations that are costly to the American people.
March 24, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General’s report, which found that Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas allegedly exerted improper influence in the processing and approval of EB-5 immigration program benefits.
March 24, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Today the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 712, the Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015, by a vote of 20-11. This bill will limit the manipulation of lawsuits and sue-and-settle decrees and settlements agreements that force regulators to issue new regulations.
March 24, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Today the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 690, the Providing Accountability Through Transparency Act of 2015, by a voice vote.
March 24, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Committee approved the Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act (H.R. 889) by a voice vote.
Through a change in the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, this legislation bolsters the ability of U.S. museums and schools to borrow foreign government-owned artifacts and artwork from other cultures around the world.. The legislation would encourage governments to loan many of their most treasured pieces of art and artifacts for public viewing in the United States.