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January 28, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee today announced that it will hold two hearings in early February to examine legislative proposals introduced last Congress that strengthen the enforcement of immigration laws in the interior of the United States, reform asylum laws in order to eliminate fraud and abuse, end the Obama Administration’s policies that e

January 27, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Next Tuesday, February 3 at 11:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the lack of interior enforcement of immigration laws in the United States and how it has led to a broken immigration system.

January 27, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved four bills by voice vote to combat human trafficking in America. These bills were unanimously approved by the House Judiciary Committee last week.
January 27, 2015

Chairman Goodlatte: While it goes without saying that the growth of the Internet and smartphones has proved to be of great value in many aspects of our lives, these tools can also be used by criminals to facilitate the commercial sexual exploitation of children and other victims by providing an easy way for pimps, or traffickers, to market child sex trafficking victims to those who seek

January 27, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 527, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015,by a vote of 19-8. House Judiciary Committee Member and Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) is the chief sponsor of the bill. The bill passed the House of Representatives last Congress.

January 27, 2015

Chairman Goodlatte: Few nightmares equal the terrible reality that thousands of American children awake to each day.  Held against their will, before the day is out they will be forced to share perhaps a dozen strangers’ beds, and be subjected to arbitrary violence for any real or imagined infraction.

January 26, 2015

Washington, D.C. – Today, Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.) introduced H.R. 526, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act (FACT Act).

January 26, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following markup for next week.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 27

1:30 p.m. Full Committee Markup

January 22, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives passed H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, by a vote of 242-179 on the 42nd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act was introduced by Congressman Chris Smith (R-N.J.).
January 22, 2015
Washington, D.C. –Today, U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, and U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following joint statement on legislative efforts to improve border security and interior enforcement: