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January 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today announced the creation of a Task Force on Executive Overreach to examine the historic breakdown of the separation of powers and checks and balances that has led to the unprecedented increase in presidential power and executive overreach. The House Judiciary Committee plans to mark up a resolution to authorize the task force for six months in the coming weeks.
It will be part of the task force’s mission to study the impact the increase in presidential and executive branch power has had on the ab
January 12, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: I want to thank the gentlewoman from Texas, Ms. Jackson Lee, for introducing H.R. 4240.
H.R. 4240, the No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act, is a common sense bill that requires the U.S. Government Accountability Office to conduct an independent review of the operation and administration of the Terrorist Screening Database (or TSDB), which is sometimes referred to as the terrorist watchlist. The watchlisting and screening processes support the U.S.
January 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Today at 8:30 a.m., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) will join The Atlantic’s Washington Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons for a discussion on the Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative. The House Judiciary Committee has already approved numerous bills to reform federal sentencing laws and rein in the explosion of federal criminal law.
January 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Today at 8:30 a.m., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) will join The Atlantic’s Washington Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons for a discussion on the Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative. The House Judiciary Committee has already approved numerous bills to reform federal sentencing laws and rein in the explosion of federal criminal law.
January 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Today at 8:30 a.m., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) will join The Atlantic’s Washington Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons for a discussion on the Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative. The House Judiciary Committee has already approved numerous bills to reform federal sentencing laws and rein in the explosion of federal criminal law.
January 12, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Today we consider H.R. 1854, the “Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act (CJMHA) of 2015,” introduced by Congressman Doug Collins.
This bill expands and improves upon the initiatives created in the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA) This law created the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) to help states and counties design and implement collaborative efforts between criminal justice and mental health systems.
January 12, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Today we consider H.R. 1854, the “Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act (CJMHA) of 2015,” introduced by Congressman Doug Collins.
This bill expands and improves upon the initiatives created in the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act (MIOTCRA) This law created the Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program (JMHCP) to help states and counties design and implement collaborative efforts between criminal justice and mental health systems.
January 11, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today sent letters to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson urging them to send the message that our laws will be enforced to the surge of minors and families making the dangerous journey to the United States.
Earlier this month, Secretary Johnson announced that the Department of Homeland Security had arrested 121 unlawful immigrants who have been ordered removed and came to the U.S. during the ongoing border surge.
January 11, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today sent letters to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson urging them to send the message that our laws will be enforced to the surge of minors and families making the dangerous journey to the United States.
Earlier this month, Secretary Johnson announced that the Department of Homeland Security had arrested 121 unlawful immigrants who have been ordered removed and came to the U.S. during the ongoing border surge.
January 8, 2016
Washington, D.C—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Texas) released the following statement upon the passage of the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015 (H.R. 1927) by the House of Representatives by a vote of 211-188.