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December 20, 2017
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the statement below following the announcement that Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) was selected to serve as Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee. Chairman Goodlatte: “I offer Jerry my sincerest congratulations on his selection as the new Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee.  Jerry and I have worked across the aisle to advance many important pieces of legislation.  From banning bulk data collection and protecting Americans’ privacy in t
December 20, 2017
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the statement below following the announcement that Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) was selected to serve as Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee. Chairman Goodlatte: “I offer Jerry my sincerest congratulations on his selection as the new Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee.  Jerry and I have worked across the aisle to advance many important pieces of legislation.  From banning bulk data collection and protecting Americans’ privacy in t
December 19, 2017
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December 14, 2017
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today praised the Trump Administration for its Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions: Chairman Goodlatte: “I commend President Trump for following through on his commitment to rein in the regulatory state. In less than one year, the President has succeeded in rolling back costly, job-killing regulations and withdrawing or postponing additional regulatory actions that had previously been planned by the federal government.
December 14, 2017
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today praised the Trump Administration for its Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions: Chairman Goodlatte: “I commend President Trump for following through on his commitment to rein in the regulatory state. In less than one year, the President has succeeded in rolling back costly, job-killing regulations and withdrawing or postponing additional regulatory actions that had previously been planned by the federal government.
December 14, 2017
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) vote in favor of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order.: Chairman Goodlatte: “I want to thank FCC Chairman Pai for liberating Internet service providers and small businesses from the stranglehold of overly burdensome regulations.
December 14, 2017
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) vote in favor of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order.: Chairman Goodlatte: “I want to thank FCC Chairman Pai for liberating Internet service providers and small businesses from the stranglehold of overly burdensome regulations.
December 7, 2017
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to deny review of the case of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. Proponents of review seek a Court-imposed solution to challenges in the collection of taxes on sales by out-of-state vendors, a matter that the Court itself has previously said is within Congress’s constitutional jurisdiction.  Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Sen.
December 7, 2017
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to deny review of the case of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. Proponents of review seek a Court-imposed solution to challenges in the collection of taxes on sales by out-of-state vendors, a matter that the Court itself has previously said is within Congress’s constitutional jurisdiction.  Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Sen.
December 7, 2017
Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) called on the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation to provide the House Judiciary Committee with all information presented to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to allegedly obtain a warrant based on politically-motivated opposition research. Earlier this year, media reports indicated that in 2016, the FBI used information contained in a controversial dossier to justify a FISA warrant against Carter Page, a onetime advisor to President Trump’s presidential campaign.