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September 8, 2014

Washington, D.C. – Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and Oversight and Government Reform National Security Subcommittee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) today introduced the Protecting the Homeland Act (H.R.

September 8, 2014

Washington, D.C. — Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold an oversight hearing entitled, “Access to Justice?: Does DOJ’s Office of Inspector General have Access to Information Needed to Conduct Proper Oversight?” to examine the Obama Administration’s stonewalling of inv

August 29, 2014

Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson demanding answers about

August 11, 2014

Washington, D.C. – The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently approved a final regulation to lift a longstanding prohibition on Libyans coming to the U.S. to attend flight school, to work in aviation maintenance or flight operations, or to study or seek training in nuclear science.

August 1, 2014

Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved legislation (H.R. 5272) by a vote of 216-192 to ensure President Obama cannot take sweeping unilateral actions to shield entire categories of deportable aliens from removal.

August 1, 2014

Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved legislation (H.R. 5230) by a vote of 223-189 to provide targeted, narrow funding for border security, enforcement of immigration laws, and illegal immigration deterrence through the end of Fiscal Year 2014 in order to meet law enforcement’s immediate needs at the U.S.-Mexico border.

July 30, 2014

Washington, D.C. – By a vote of 225-201, the House of Representatives today approved H.Res. 676, a resolution authorizing the House to enter into litigation against President Obama’s failure to faithfully execute the laws.

July 25, 2014

WASHINGTON (Friday, July 25, 2014) – The House on Friday unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that would restore the ability of consumers to more easily transfer their cell phones to other wireless carriers, just one week after the Senate approved the same measure.

July 18, 2014

Washington, D.C. — The House Judiciary Committee has obtained information from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that shows 65% of unaccompanied alien minors’ asylum applications have been immediately approved by asylum officers in Fiscal Year 2014.

July 17, 2014

Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Anna G.