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September 20, 2015
Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley made the following statement after Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the United States would accept ten thousand additional Syrian refugees on top of the 75,000 worldwide refugees the Secretary announced after a consultation, as required by law, between Kerry and leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees to discuss the proposed annual number of refugees the Obama administration planned to admit into the United States.
September 18, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), along with other Members of the Judiciary Committee, will hold a roundtable discussion on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 at 9:00 AM CT on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. The roundtable discussion, which is part of the Committee’s copyright review, will include a wide range of professionals from the music industry.
Members of the House Judiciary Committee are traveling to Nashville to kick-off a multi-city listening tour as part of the Committee’s bipart
September 18, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), along with other Members of the Judiciary Committee, will hold a roundtable discussion on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2015 at 9:00 AM CT on the campus of Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. The roundtable discussion, which is part of the Committee’s copyright review, will include a wide range of professionals from the music industry.
Members of the House Judiciary Committee are traveling to Nashville to kick-off a multi-city listening tour as part of the Committee’s bipart
September 16, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below regarding comments made yesterday by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson on sanctuary city policies during a talk at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco.
Chairman Goodlatte: “While I agree that sanctuary city policies are unacceptable, it’s hypocritical for Secretary Johnson to critic
September 16, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below regarding comments made yesterday by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson on sanctuary city policies during a talk at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco.
Chairman Goodlatte: “While I agree that sanctuary city policies are unacceptable, it’s hypocritical for Secretary Johnson to critic
September 10, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today announced that the House Judiciary Committee will conduct a listening tour as part of the Committee’s comprehensive copyright review. The House Judiciary Committee will kick-off the copyright review listening tour with a roundtable discussion in Nashville, Tennessee on September 22nd. The roundtable is expected to include a wide range of professionals from the music industry. Future roundtable locations will be announced at a
September 10, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today announced that the House Judiciary Committee will conduct a listening tour as part of the Committee’s comprehensive copyright review. The House Judiciary Committee will kick-off the copyright review listening tour with a roundtable discussion in Nashville, Tennessee on September 22nd. The roundtable is expected to include a wide range of professionals from the music industry. Future roundtable locations will be announced at a
September 10, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today announced that the House Judiciary Committee will conduct a listening tour as part of the Committee’s comprehensive copyright review. The House Judiciary Committee will kick-off the copyright review listening tour with a roundtable discussion in Nashville, Tennessee on September 22nd. The roundtable is expected to include a wide range of professionals from the music industry. Future roundtable locations will be announced at a
September 9, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the statement below on the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General report on DOJ’s efforts to scale back spending on conferences during sequestration.
In its report, the IG found that DOJ’s overall conference spending fell from almost $92 million for 1,740 events in Fiscal Year 2010 to less than $20 million for 445 events in Fiscal Year 2014. Although conference spending dropped, the IG identified
September 9, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below on today’s ruling from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia finding that the House of Representatives has standing in court to challenge the Obama Administration’s use of unappropriated funds to implement the Affordable Care Act.
Chairman Goodlatte: “I am pleased that the DC federal court has ruled that the House’s lawsuit challenging President Obama’s executive overreach can move forward in court.