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September 22, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Today’s proceeding marks the fourth in our series of hearings focused on competition in the health care marketplace.  Now, the Committee turns its attention to the pharmaceutical industry and the drugs that are used in the treatment of opioid overdose and addiction. Competition in the addiction medicine markets, like the pharmaceutical market as a whole, involves a delicate balance.  On the one hand, we want to encourage pharmaceutical companies to invest in expensive research and development in order to bring innovative and life-saving drug
September 22, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) today called on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson to investigate and begin the process of revoking citizenship for people that obtained citizenship despite being ineligible and due to the Department’s systemic failures. Earlier this month, the DHS Office of Inspector General (IG) issued a report finding that a
September 22, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) today called on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson to investigate and begin the process of revoking citizenship for people that obtained citizenship despite being ineligible and due to the Department’s systemic failures. Earlier this month, the DHS Office of Inspector General (IG) issued a report finding that a
September 22, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on “Oversight of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.” Chairman Goodlatte: U.S.
September 22, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following opening statement at the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on “Oversight of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.” Chairman Goodlatte: U.S.
September 22, 2016
Letter from Chairmen asks DHS to explain vulnerabilitiesWashington, D.C. - Today, after obtaining an internal document from U.S.
September 22, 2016
Letter from Chairmen asks DHS to explain vulnerabilitiesWashington, D.C. - Today, after obtaining an internal document from U.S.
September 21, 2016
Washington, D.C.—Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and the bill’s sponsor Rep. Mike Bishop (R-Mich.) issued the following statements upon the passage of the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015 (H.R.
September 21, 2016
Washington, D.C.—Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and the bill’s sponsor Rep. Mike Bishop (R-Mich.) issued the following statements upon the passage of the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015 (H.R.
September 21, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: The Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act provides a clear, uniform framework for when States may tax nonresident employees who travel to the taxing State to perform work. In particular, this bill prevents States from imposing income tax compliance burdens on nonresidents who work in a foreign State for fewer than 30 days in a year. The State tax laws that determine when a nonresident must pay a foreign State's income tax and when employers must withhold this tax are numerous and varied. Some States tax income earned wit