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Washington, D.C.  – On Tuesday, May 24 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Examining the Allegations of Misconduct Against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, Part I." At the hearing, members of the House Judiciary Committee will examine the findings of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation of IRS Commissioner Koskinen.

Washington, D.C.  – On Tuesday, May 24 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled, “Examining the Allegations of Misconduct Against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, Part I." At the hearing, members of the House Judiciary Committee will examine the findings of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee’s investigation of IRS Commissioner Koskinen.

Civil asset forfeiture reform is part of the House Judiciary Committee’s criminal justice reform initiativeWashington, D.C. – As part of the House Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative, Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Inves

Civil asset forfeiture reform is part of the House Judiciary Committee’s criminal justice reform initiativeWashington, D.C. – As part of the House Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative, Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Inves

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) have pressed Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) efforts to make New Orleans a sanctuary city. In 2010, the mayor of the City of New Orleans requested DOJ to “reform” the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD).

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) have pressed Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) efforts to make New Orleans a sanctuary city. In 2010, the mayor of the City of New Orleans requested DOJ to “reform” the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD).

Chairman Goodlatte: The modern federal administrative state is an institution unforeseen by the Framers of our Constitution and rapidly mushrooming out of control. The “Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016” takes square aim at one of the biggest roots of this problem – the Chevron doctrine, under which federal courts regularly defer to regulatory agencies’ self-serving interpretations of the statutes they administer.  Similarly, the bill takes on the related Auer doctrine, under which courts defer to agencies’ interpreta

Chairman Goodlatte: The modern federal administrative state is an institution unforeseen by the Framers of our Constitution and rapidly mushrooming out of control. The “Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016” takes square aim at one of the biggest roots of this problem – the Chevron doctrine, under which federal courts regularly defer to regulatory agencies’ self-serving interpretations of the statutes they administer.  Similarly, the bill takes on the related Auer doctrine, under which courts defer to agencies’ interpreta