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July 25, 2014

WASHINGTON (Friday, July 25, 2014) – The House on Friday unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that would restore the ability of consumers to more easily transfer their cell phones to other wireless carriers, just one week after the Senate approved the same measure.

July 18, 2014

Washington, D.C. — The House Judiciary Committee has obtained information from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that shows 65% of unaccompanied alien minors’ asylum applications have been immediately approved by asylum officers in Fiscal Year 2014.

July 17, 2014

Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Ranking Member Anna G.

July 17, 2014

Washington, D.C. — Since President Obama has refused to take actions to stop illegal crossings at our southern border, Congressman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today introduced a bill to stop the surge of children, teenagers, and families from Central America seeking to enter the United States illegally.

July 15, 2014

Chairman Goodlatte:  The clock is ticking down on a key law that protects Internet freedom.  On November 1, 2014, a temporary moratorium on state taxation of Internet access will expire.   

July 15, 2014

Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 3086, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA), by a voice vote. Thisbroadly bipartisan legislation permanently bans states from taxing Internet access or placing multiple or discriminatory taxes on e-commerce.

July 10, 2014

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act (H.R.

July 9, 2014

Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman Howard Coble (R-N.C.) today introduced the Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014 (H.R.

July 8, 2014

Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the statement below following President Obama’s $3.7 billion emergency supplemental request to address the surge of children, teenagers, and families from Central America seeking to enter the U.S. illegally. 

July 3, 2014

Harlingen, Texas — This week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) led a bipartisan trip to the Rio Grande Valley Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border to seek information about the sudden surge of children, teenagers, and families – largely from Central America – attempting to enter the U.S. illegally.