Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) and Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-Va.) met with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to discuss his sworn congressional testimony and the search warrant for James Rosen’s emails.  After the meeting, they issued the joint statement below:

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Supplying Knowledge Based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act (H.R. 2131), also known as the SKILLS Visa Act,in a vote of 20-14.  This bill provides American employers with access to the world’s best talent by allocating green cards to foreign graduates of U.S.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement on today’s passage of the Senate immigration bill, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act (S. 744). 

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 1772) in a vote of 22-9.  This bipartisan bill discourages illegal immigration by ensuring jobs are only made available to those authorized to work in the U.S. Specifically, the bill requires employers to check the work eligibility of all future hires though the E-Verify system.  The Legal Workforce Act is one of several bills the House Judiciary Committee has introduced and approved to help address various issues within our immigration system. 

House Judiciary Committee Approves Subcommittee Assignments for Rep. Jason Smith

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today announced Representative Jason Smith’s (R-Mo.) subcommittee assignments for the 113th Congress.  Representative Smith’s assignments were approved by the full Judiciary Committee during today’s markup.

For the 113th Congress, Representative Jason Smith will serve on the following subcommittees:

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released this statement following the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in the case of United States v.

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Agricultural Guestworker “AG” Act (H.R. 1773) in a vote of 20-16.  This bill creates a new temporary agricultural guestworker program to provide American farmers with access to a reliable workforce.  The AG Act is one of several bills the House Judiciary Committee has introduced to address problems within our immigration system.  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chief sponsor of the AG Act, praised today’s Committee vote.

Chairman Goodlatte:  As we seek to reform our immigration system as a whole, we must take the time to look at each of the individual issues within this system to ensure that we get immigration reform right. Today the Committee will consider the second in a series of bills that represent the judicious and thorough, step-by-step approach to immigration reform that this Committee has undertaken.