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December 19, 2014
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) released the following joint statement after the Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed that North Korea is responsible for the Sony cyber-attack:
December 18, 2014
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the United States Secret Service Protective Mission Panel’s assessment and recommendations for improvements at the United States Secret Service.  
December 18, 2014
Kyiv, Ukraine – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) led a Image removed.bipartisan congressional delegation to Ukraine to meet with Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
December 16, 2014

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below after signing a proposed amicus brief submitted to the federal court today by the American Center for Law and Justice in support of the lawsuit filed by 24 states challenging President Obama’s executive overreach on immigration:

December 10, 2014
Washington, D.C. – Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) welcomed five new Republican members to the House Judiciary Committee for the 114th Congress.
 
December 10, 2014

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today sent a letter to Department of Homeland (DHS) Security Secretary Jeh Johnson regarding the Department’s abysmal morale and urged him to rescind policies that prevent DHS employees from doing their jobs. Leadership of the unions representing employees at U.S.

December 8, 2014

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below regarding the significant drop in removals for unlawful and criminal aliens in Fiscal Year 2014. Although Democrats have consistently stated that Congress appropriates funding for the removal of 400,000 unlawful and criminal aliens annually, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) only removed 315,000 people in Fiscal Year 2014.

December 5, 2014

Washington, D.C. – This week, the House Judiciary Committee has outlined how President Obama’s actions violate the Constitutionallow criminals to evade the lawmake our communities less safe, and

December 4, 2014

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today announced the Judiciary subcommittee chairmen and vice chairmen for the 114th Congress.

Chairman Goodlatte: “I am pleased to announce the new leadership team for the House Judiciary Committee.  These hard-working Members have proven themselves to be effective leaders on the many important issues facing our Committee and the nation.  I look forward to working with them to advance our agenda to create jobs and make America more competitive and free.” 

December 4, 2014
Chairman Goodlatte: Thank you, Mr. Speaker.  I urge my colleagues to support Mr. Yoho’s important bill, the “Preventing Executive Overreach on Immigration Act of 2014.”