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Chairman Goodlatte:  Since the Supreme Court’s controversial decision in Roe v.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today welcomed Representative Jason Smith (R-Mo.) as the newest member of the House Judiciary Committee.  Representative Smith was sworn in as a Member of the 113th Congress on June 5, 2013.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued this statement regarding the news that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has been monitoring the phone records for millions of Americans.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today joined Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) in introducing a bill to improve the interior enforcement of our immigration laws and strengthen national security.  Specifically, the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act (H.R.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and all Judiciary Committee Republicans today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting that he appear before the Committee on June 18, 2013, or some other time before the July 4th recess, to explain the discrepancies betwe

Washington, D.C. - On Thursday at 10:00 a.m., the Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee will hold a hearing on H.R.

Washington, D.C. - Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) delivered the following remarks on the issue of abusive patent litigation at the Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) Tech Policy Speaker’s Series. Below are his remarks as delivered:

Washington, D.C. - The Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice today approved legislation in a vote of 5-3 that prohibits state and local governments that receive federal economic development funds from using eminent domain to transfer private property from one private owner to another for the purpose of economic development, the Private Property Rights Protectio