Press Releases

Judiciary Committee to Examine Net Neutrality Rule

March 11, 2015

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

Press Release

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 used for the AR-15, the most popular sporting rifle in the United States.

Member Spotlight: Rep. Mimi Walters

March 6, 2015

Press Release

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.

Biography

Goodlatte Leads Letter to ATF Raising Concerns About Administration’s Backdoor Ban on Bullets

March 4, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – In a bipartisan letter led by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.), 239 Members of Congress express strong concern to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Director B. Todd Jones about the Obama Administration’s plan to ban a popular bullet used for the AR-15. Americans own more than five million AR-15s, which are the most commonly used rifles for sports shooting as well as home protection.

House Judiciary Committee Approves Bill to Protect Children Crossing the Border Alone

March 4, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by a vote of 17-13 the Protection of Children Act (H.R. 1149), a bill to ensure that unaccompanied alien minors (UAMs) who make the dangerous journey to the United States are safely returned home. For those who stay with a sponsor in the United States while awaiting their immigration hearing, the bill provides for greater transparency and safety of these minors to ensure they are not inadvertently delivered into the hands of criminals or abusers.

House Judiciary Committee Passes First Immigration Enforcement Bill

March 3, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by a vote of 20-13 the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 1147). This bill, authored by Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) preserves jobs for legal workers by requiring U.S. employers to check the work eligibility of all future hires through the E-Verify system. The Legal Workforce Act is supported by Numbers USA, the U.S.

Goodlatte on House Passage of DHS Funding Bill: We Must Stand Firm to Defend the Constitution

March 3, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below following House approval of a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for Fiscal Year 2015: “Senator Reid and Senate Democrats have defied the will of the American people by repeatedly obstructing debate on a House-passed bill that would provide critical funding for homeland security and defund the President’s unilateral actions on immigration. President Obama’s unilateral rewriting of our immigration laws poses a clear and present danger to the Constitution and must be stopped. The stakes are too high to surrender and we must stand firm to defend the Constitution.

Member Spotlight: Rep. Dave Trott

March 2, 2015

Press Release

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.

Biography

The Week Ahead for the House Judiciary Committee

March 2, 2015

Press Release

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

MONDAY, MARCH 2

4:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law

Hearing on:

H.R. 348, the “Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2015” (RAPID Act);

H.R. 712, the “Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015”; and,

House Judiciary Committee Unveils Bills to Strengthen Enforcement and Integrity of Immigration Laws

February 27, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and several House Republicans have unveiled four pieces of legislation to strengthen the interior enforcement of our immigration laws, remove the ability of the President to unilaterally shut down immigration enforcement, ensure jobs are preserved for legal workers, reform the United States’ asylum laws, and make sure unaccompanied alien minors who make the dangerous trek to the United States are safely returned home. These four bills will be marked up by the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, March 3 and Wednesday, March 4, 2015.