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April 26, 2018
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) delivered the following remarks today at a hearing examining social media filtering practices and their effect on free speech.
Chairman Goodlatte: Today’s hearing will examine how social media companies filter content on their platforms. According to a February, 2018 fact sheet published by Pew Research Center, “Today around seven-in-ten Americans use social media to connect with one another, engage with news content, share information and entertain themselves.” In a survey released in March, Pew found that Facebook dominates the social media landscape with 68% of U.S.
April 26, 2018
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) delivered the following remarks today at a hearing examining social media filtering practices and their effect on free speech.
Chairman Goodlatte: Today’s hearing will examine how social media companies filter content on their platforms. According to a February, 2018 fact sheet published by Pew Research Center, “Today around seven-in-ten Americans use social media to connect with one another, engage with news content, share information and entertain themselves.” In a survey released in March, Pew found that Facebook dominates the social media landscape with 68% of U.S.
April 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. - The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 415-0 the Music Modernization Act (H.R. 5447), bipartisan legislation that updates several key provisions of U.S. copyright law regarding music licensing.
April 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. - The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 415-0 the Music Modernization Act (H.R. 5447), bipartisan legislation that updates several key provisions of U.S. copyright law regarding music licensing.
April 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee today approved the “Private Property Rights Protection Act” (H.R. 1689) by voice vote. This bill provides important limits on the government’s ability to seize private property using eminent domain.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement:
Chairman Goodlatte: “Eminent domain has grown far beyond the vision of our nation’s founders. Without this legislation, governments and municipalities could take over homes, farms, and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments without legal repercussions.
April 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee today approved the “Private Property Rights Protection Act” (H.R. 1689) by voice vote. This bill provides important limits on the government’s ability to seize private property using eminent domain.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement:
Chairman Goodlatte: “Eminent domain has grown far beyond the vision of our nation’s founders. Without this legislation, governments and municipalities could take over homes, farms, and small businesses to make way for shopping malls or other developments without legal repercussions.
April 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today announced updated subcommittee assignments for Republican members of the House Judiciary Committee in the 115th Congress:
Subcommittee on Constitution and Civil Justice
Chairman Steve King (IA)
Vice Chairman Ron DeSantis (FL)
Louie Gohmert (TX)
Karen Handel (GA)
Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
Chairman Darrell Issa (CA)
Vice Chairman Doug Collins (GA)
Lamar Smith (TX)
Steve Chabot (OH)
Jim Jordan (OH)
Ted Poe (TX)
Tom Marino (PA)
Trey Gowdy (SC)
Raúl Labrador (ID)
Ron DeSantis (FL)
Matt Gaetz (FL)
Andy Biggs (AZ)
John Rutherford (FL)
Keith Rothfus
April 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following opening statement at the markup of the "Private Property Rights Protection Act" (H.R.
April 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following opening statement at the markup of the "Private Property Rights Protection Act" (H.R.
April 25, 2018
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today gave the following statement on the House floor in support of the Music Modernization Act (H.R. 5447).
Today, the House brings early 20th Century music laws for the analog era into the 21st Century digital era. These changes are a culmination of years of effort by interested parties as well as by many Members of the Judiciary Committee. The problems and failures in our nation’s music laws have imposed real financial costs upon artists and creators.