Press Releases
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. Specifically, the bill effectively prevents the Administration from using any taxpayer dollars to: approve new applications under the “Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals” (DACA) program or any similar memorandum or policy; authorize a new deferred action program for any class of aliens; and authorize work permits for unlawful immigrants.
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. The bill is paid for through reductions of existing funds within federal agencies and will result in no new or additional spending of taxpayer dollars.
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. Specifically, the lawsuit will challenge the two instances in which President Obama unilaterally extended the deadline to implement the employer mandate in his signature healthcare law.
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. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) coordinated with House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers Jr.
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.
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. Eshoo (D-Calif.) today sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) urging immediate Senate action on the bipartisan House-passed Innovation Act (H.R. 3309), which takes steps to combat the ever increasing problem of abusive patent litigation.
Washington, D.C. — Since President Obama has refused to take actions to stop illegal crossings at our southern border, Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today introduced a bill to stop the surge of children, teenagers, and families from Central America seeking to enter the United States illegally. The Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act (H.R.
Chairman Goodlatte: The clock is ticking down on a key law that protects Internet freedom. On November 1, 2014, a temporary moratorium on state taxation of Internet access will expire.
In 1998, Congress temporarily banned state and local governments from newly taxing Internet access or placing multiple or discriminatory taxes on Internet commerce. With minor modifications, this ban was extended three times, with enormous bipartisan support. The most recent extension passed in 2007.
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 3086, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA), by a voice vote. Thisbroadly bipartisan legislation permanently bans states from taxing Internet access or placing multiple or discriminatory taxes on e-commerce.
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act (H.R. 5036), a bipartisan bill authored by Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman Howard Coble (R-N.C.) to extend, for five years, the expiring provisions of the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act (STELA) of 2010 which governs satellite companies’ ability to retransmit broadcast television.