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May 16, 2013

Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General today released a scathing report on DOJ’s systemic mismanagement in the handling of known or suspected terrorists admitted into the federal Witness Security Program.

May 15, 2013
Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “A Case Study for Consensus Building: The Copyright Principles Project.”  This hearing will be the first in a series of hearings that the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee will hold as they conduct a comprehensive rev
May 14, 2013

Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, May 15 at 1:00 p.m., Attorney General Eric Holder will testify before the House Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing on the U.S.

May 9, 2013

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Chairman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) have sent a letter to all 50 state attorneys general seeking to find out if state and local governments are being stymied in their efforts to protect the civil rights of newborns and their mothers and if the federal governme

May 6, 2013

Washington, D.C. - Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released this statement following Senate passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 743):

May 5, 2013

Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the creation of a bipartisan task force on over-criminalization to assess our current federal criminal statutes and make recommendations for improvements.

May 3, 2013

WASHINGTON- The House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Regulatory Affairs, Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), and House Judiciary Subcommittee on Constitution and Civil Justice, Chairman Trent Franks (R-AZ), will hold a joint hearing Tuesday May 7th at 10 a.m.

April 26, 2013

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today joined Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) in introducing the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 1772) a bipartisan bill that will discourage illegal immigration by ensuring jobs are only made available to those authorized to work in the U.S.

April 26, 2013

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today introduced the Agricultural Guestworker “AG” Act (H.R.