Press Releases
April 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today gave the following statement on the House floor in support of the Music Modernization Act (H.R. 5447).
Today, the House brings early 20th Century music laws for the analog era into the 21st Century digital era. These changes are a culmination of years of effort by interested parties as well as by many Members of the Judiciary Committee. The problems and failures in our nation’s music laws have imposed real financial costs upon artists and creators.
April 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on a D.C. federal judge’s ruling ordering the Trump Administration to continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which was unilaterally created in a memorandum by the Obama Administration, and accept new applicants.
“For a federal judge to rule that the current administration cannot change a memo from the previous administration is absurd.
April 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- Today the House of Representatives will consider the bipartisan Music Modernization Act (H.R. 5447), which updates several key provisions of U.S.
April 24, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Oil States Energy v. Greene’s Energy. The Court ruled 7-2 to uphold the constitutionality of the inter partes review process created in the America Invents Act.
“I am pleased that the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the inter partes review (IPR) proceedings that Congress established in the America Invents Act.
April 24, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s call on Congress to address the Supreme Court’s decision in Sessions v. Dimaya and close the “aggravated felony” loophole.
“I agree with the Trump Administration that Congress must remedy the recent Supreme Court decision that allows some criminals convicted of serious crimes to avoid deportation.
April 23, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) released the following statement after reaching an agreement with Department of Justice (DOJ) Assistant Attorney General Stephen E.
April 23, 2018
April 19, 2018
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) released the following statement after the Committees received former Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey’s memos.
“We have long argued former Director Comey's self-styled memos should be in the public domain, subject to any classification redactions.
April 19, 2018
Washington, D.C. - On Thursday, April 26, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to examine social media filtering and policing practices.
April 18, 2018
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 403-3 the Justice for Victims of IRS Scams and Identity Theft Act (H.R. 2905). This bipartisan bill, introduced by Congressman David Young (R-Iowa), requires the Attorney General and the Treasury Secretary to report to Congress on federal prosecutions of identity theft and tax scams.