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July 9, 2014

Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman Howard Coble (R-N.C.) today introduced the Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 (H.R.

July 8, 2014

Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the statement below following President Obama’s $3.7 billion emergency supplemental request to address the surge of children, teenagers, and families from Central America seeking to enter the U.S. illegally. 

July 3, 2014

Harlingen, Texas — This week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) led a bipartisan trip to the Rio Grande Valley Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border to seek information about the sudden surge of children, teenagers, and families – largely from Central America – attempting to enter the U.S. illegally.

June 30, 2014

Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding that he appoint a Special Counsel to investigate the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative groups.

June 30, 2014

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court announced a landmark decision in support of religious freedom in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. The Court ruled 5-4 in favor of Hobby Lobby.

June 27, 2014

Washington, D.C.Next week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) will lead a bipartisan trip to the Rio Grande Valley Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday, July 2 and Thursday, July 3 to seek information about the sudden surge of children, teenagers, and families seeking to enter the U.S. illegally.

June 26, 2014

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the statement below following the Supreme Court’s ruling that President Obama violated the U.S. Constitution by going around the Senate to appoint individuals to the National Labor Relations Board.

June 25, 2014

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released this statement following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in the case of American Broadcasting, Inc. v. Aereo.  Today’s decision found that Aereo’s streaming of copyrighted television broadcasts is copyright infringement.   

June 24, 2014

Washington, DC – Today, the International Creativity and Theft-Prevention Caucus, which is chaired by Congressmen Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), unveiled the “2014 International Piracy Watch List.” In an effort to fight copyright piracy and call attention to countries where it has reached alarming levels, the Ca