Press Releases
March 16, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- On Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at 2:00 p.m., the Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee will hold a hearing to review the Covered Business Method (CBM) patent program, which was designed to address the problem of low quality business method patents being used to harass and extort companies providing, or even just using, financial services such as processing online payments and other financial transa
March 14, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- The House of Representatives today approved by voice vote the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act (H.R. 3249) to curb the rise in gang activity and violence in the United States.
March 14, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- The House of Representatives today approved by voice vote a bipartisan bill to protect taxpayers' rights by allowing judges to transfer taxpayers' lawsuits against the government to the correct court when they are initially filed in the incorrect court by mistake.
The Protecting Access to the Courts for Taxpayers Act (H.R. 3996) closes a loophole that involves litigation filed by taxpayers who are disputing a Notice of Deficiency or other Internal Revenue Service (IRS) actions that should be brought before the United States Tax Court.
March 14, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- The House of Representatives today approved by voice vote the Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act (H.R. 506), introduced by Representative Tom Rooney (R-Fla.).
March 14, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 407-10 the Student, Teachers, and Officers Preventing (STOP) School Violence Act of 2018.
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). This bill creates a Department of Justice grant program to train students, teachers, school personnel, and local law enforcement how to identify and intervene when they encounter potential threats.
Chairman Goodlatte: Today I rise in strong support of H.R.
March 14, 2018
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) was joined at a press conference by conservative Hispanic leaders, who announced their support for the Securing America’s Future Act (H.R.
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 (H.R. 4760).
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 offenders in the controlled environments of prisons and community-based facilities that are safe, humane, cost-efficient, and appropriately secure, and that provide work and other self-improvement oppor