Press Releases
Goodlatte Statement on ICE’s Removal Numbers
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 3309, the Innovation Act by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 325-91. This bipartisan bill takes steps to combat the ever increasing problem of abusive patent litigation.
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Kilah Davenport Child Protection Act (H.R. 3627), a bill introduced by Rep. Robert Pittenger (R-N.C.) by voice vote. Since the majority of child abuse cases are handled at the state level, this bill will help to highlight how these cases are handled across the country by requiring the Justice Department to issue a report on the criminal penalties for child abuse in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S.
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Oversight and Government Reform National Security Subcommittee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) today sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Rand Beers demanding more information about the Obama Administration’s plans to lift a longstanding prohibition on Libyans coming to the U.S.
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Innovation Act (H.R. 3309) by an overwhelming vote of 33-5. This bipartisan bill takes steps to combat the ever increasing problem of abusive patent litigation. The legislation addresses abusive practices taking place in our courts.
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives approved H.R. 2655, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act (LARA)by a vote of 228-195. Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chief sponsor of LARA, praised the bill’s passage which will reduce frivolous lawsuits in the United States and hold attorneys accountable for lawsuit abuse by imposing mandatory sanctions on lawyers who file baseless lawsuits in federal courts.
Chairman Goodlatte Applauds House Passage of Bill to Strengthen Asbestos Trust System
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Chairman Goodlatte Applauds House Passage of Bill to Strengthen Asbestos Trust System
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), and Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman Howard Coble (R-N.C.) today announced the next round of hearings in the House Judiciary Committee’s ongoing review of U.S.
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) have obtained an internal Department of Homeland Security draft final regulation prepared by the Obama Administration that would lift the longstanding prohibition on Libyans to come to the U.S.