Press Releases
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below following the settlement reached between the U.S. Department of Justice and five Internet companies that will permit private companies new and additional ways to report data concerning requests for customer information under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below following the release of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board’s (PCLOB) report regarding the bulk collection program of telephone data conducted under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act, as well as on the operations of the FISA Court. The House Judiciary Committee, which has primary jurisdiction over the legal framework that governs our intelligence-gathering programs, plans to hold a hearing in the coming weeks on the recommendations made by the PCLOB today as well as those made recently by President Obama and the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technolog
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the fateful Roe v. Wade ruling that occurred forty-one years ago on this date, January 22nd.
Chairman Goodlatte: “Along with tens of thousands of Americans from across the country who march for life on the National Mall today on the ominous anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, I stand in solidarity with them and mourn the loss of innocent life that has occurred in the wake of this decision. The Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling has failed to protect the most vulnerable among us.
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below following President Obama’s speech in which he outlined potential reforms to some of our nation’s intelligence-gathering programs operated under the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act (FISA).
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today announced the launch of the Committee’s new website, www.judiciary.house.gov.
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act by a vote of 22-12. The No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act wasintroduced by Congressman Chris Smith (R-N.J.).
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and other members of the House of Representatives and Senate today met with President Obama to discuss possible reforms to some of our nation’s intelligence-gathering programs. This meeting follows the recent recommendations made by the President’s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies to significantly limit our foreign surveillance programs. Below is a statement from Chairman Goodlatte following today’s meeting.
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, January 9th at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice will hold a hearing on H.R. 7, the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, introduced by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ).
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.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman and chief sponsor of the Innovation Act Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.), Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Chairman Howard Coble (R-N.C.), Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), and Representative Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) applauded the bill’s passage.