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February 5, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 527, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015, by a vote of 260-163. House Judiciary Committee Member and Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) serves as the chief sponsor of the bill.
 
February 4, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement on Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Tom Wheeler’s net neutrality proposal detailed to Congress today.

February 3, 2015

Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, February 4 at 10:00 a.m., the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee will examine the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 1772), a bill authored by Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) and reported out of the House Judiciary Committee during the 113th Congress.

February 3, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, February 4th at 1:00 p.m., the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee will hold a legislative hearing on H.R. 526, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2015 (FACT Act), introduced by Regulatory Reform Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Texas). The FACT Act reduces fraud in the asbestos bankruptcy trust system through increased transparency measures.
February 2, 2015

Washington, D.C. – On 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. The hearing, entitled “Examining the Adequacy and Enforcement of Our Nation’s Immigration Laws,” will take place in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building and will be webcast live at/.

February 2, 2015

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte welcomed five new Republican members to the House Judiciary Committee for the 114th Congress. For the next five weeks, we will profile each new member.

January 31, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) made the statement below following the announcement from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that it will begin accepting applications for the expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program on Feb. 18, 2015:  

January 30, 2015

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

January 29, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General today issued a report on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) use of cold consent encounters. In its report, the Office of the Inspector General raised concerns about potential racial profiling at the DEA and found that the agency does not collect sufficient data, including demographic data, on its cold consent encounters to determine whether they are being conducted properly and effectively.
January 28, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, February 11 at 10:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on civil asset forfeiture.  Members of the subcommittee will examine current asset forfeiture procedures and practices and the Justice Department’s recently revised guidelines issued governing the circumstances under which state seizures will be “adopted” by the federal government fo