Press Releases
Washington, D.C. - Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) laid out his policy vision for the Committee in a speech before the Christian Science Monitor Breakfast. Below are his remarks as delivered:
Chairman Goodlatte: The Judiciary Committee plays a particularly critical role in advancing pro-growth policies that create jobs and restore economic prosperity for families and businesses across the nation, and in making sure the Administration is held accountable to the American people.
Washington, D.C.: Today House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) delivered the following remarks on the floor of the House of Representatives in support of the “Academic Competition Resolution of 2013”:
Washington, D.C. - According to press reports and sources, the House Judiciary Committee has learned that the Obama administration has ordered the release of an unspecified number of illegal immigrants in detention. These detained illegal immigrants have either been charged or convicted of a crime, have a final order of deportation, are fugitives, or are suspected gang members. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below.
Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 2:30 p.m., the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “How E-Verify Works and How it Benefits American Employers and Workers.” E-Verify, created in 1996 and operated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is a useful tool for U.S.
Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “From H-2A to a Workable Agricultural Guestworker Program.” This hearing, the second in a series of several hearings on immigration issues, will examine our current temporary agricultural guestworker program and look for ways to create a workable guestworker program. The general consensus among U.S. growers is that the H-2A program is too cumbersome, bureaucratic, expensive, and litigious to use.
Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a full Committee hearing on “Drones and the War On Terror: When Can the U.S. Target Alleged American Terrorists Overseas?” The hearing will focus on the legal issues involved in the targeted killing of American citizens overseas by the Obama administration and how best to take due process of law into account in a battlefield situation where the enemy may be a U.S.
Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “Competition and Bankruptcy in the Airline Industry: The Proposed Merger of American Airlines and US Airways.” This hearing will examine the proposed merger’s effects on competition and consumers in the airline industry.
Washington, D.C. - Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), along with all Republican members of the Judiciary Committee, sent letters to President Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder demanding answers on the lack of enforcement of our nation’s gun laws. This letter is part of the House Judiciary Committee’s on-going examination of ways to prevent gun violence. Chairman Goodlatte released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued these comments following President Obama’s State of the Union:
Washington, D.C. - Today, a bipartisan group of top lawmakers from the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to President Obama requesting that the Committee be granted the opportunity to review all Justice Department documents pertaining to the legal justification of drone strikes on Americans overseas. Earlier this week, the Administration authorized the release of these memos to the House and Senate Intelligence Committees but has yet to provide them to the House Judiciary Committee, which is charged with oversight of the Justice Department and the U.S.