Press Releases
March 14, 2018
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) spoke today on the House floor in support of the STOP School Violence Act (H.R. 4909).
March 14, 2018
March 12, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and conservative Hispanic leaders will hold a press conference on TUESDAY at 12:30PM ET on the Securing America’s Future Act
March 12, 2018
Washington, D.C. – Due to the change in the House schedule, the Judiciary Committee has postponed Friday's hearing until further notice.
***POSTPONED***
FRIDAY.
March 9, 2018
Washington, D.C. – On Friday, March 16 at 9:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold an oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) where Director Mark Inch will testify.
The BOP protects communities by confining of
March 7, 2018
Washington, D.C. – Following House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy’s request for a briefing, yesterday members of the House Judiciary Committee and House Oversight and Government Refo
March 7, 2018
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by a vote of 14-10 the Citizens’ Right to Know Act (H.R. 2152). This bill ensures oversight of pre-trial release programs, which allow accused criminals to await their trial at home instead of in jail.
Since their inception, pre-trial release programs have expanded well beyond their scope and purpose.
March 7, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the statement below on the Department of Justice’s lawsuit against California’s sanctuary laws:
“Attorney General Sessions has made the right decision to sue California for its sanctuary laws.
March 7, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee’s markup of the Citizens’ Right to Know Act of 2017 (H.R. 2152).
Chairman Goodlatte: Today, we consider H.R. 2152, the Citizens Right to Know Act of 2017, offered by the gentleman from Texas, Mr.
March 6, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy today called for the appointment of a Special Counsel to investigate potential bias and potential conflicts of interest and decisions made or not made by the Department of Justice in 2016 and 2017.
In a