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Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the Senate’s confirmation of Andrei Iancu as Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO): “I am pleased the Senate has finally acted on the nomination of Andrei Iancu as Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  Mr. Iancu is incredibly accomplished in the field of intellectual property law and has been a strong advocate for an effective U.S.

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Washington, D.C. --  House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), House Judiciary Committee Immigration and Border Security  Subcommittee Chairman Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho), and House Homeland Security Committee  Border and Maritime Security Subcommittee Chairwoman Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) released a video on the Securing America's Future Act (H.R. 4760).

Washington, D.C.-- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following response to President Trump’s State of the Union address: “The word that best captures the spirit of the President’s speech is ‘optimism.’ Over the past year, we have witnessed a booming economy, tax cuts that work for all Americans, concrete progress in the fight against ISIS, and real policy changes to undo the ill-fated regulations of the Obama era.

Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee today passed H.R. 3808, the Infrastructure Expansion Act of 2017, by a vote of 16-14. This bill reforms liability laws for federally funded projects and would save taxpayers billions of dollars for new infrastructure and housing projects. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement: Chairman Goodlatte: “The reforms included in the Infrastructure Expansion Act are simple, but their effect will be felt across the country.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following remarks at the markup of the Infrastructure Expansion Act (H.R. 3808). Chairman Goodlatte: I commend Representative John Faso from New York for introducing H.R.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary  Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte today issued the following statement in response to the Senate’s failure to pass the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act: Chairman Goodlatte: “I am extremely disappointed that Senate Democrats continue to put politics before human lives.