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Chairman Goodlatte: America is a nation of laws and with laws come disputes and differences of opinion. The American people look to our Nation’s courts to be efficient, transparent, and fair arbiters for settling disputes when they arise. To achieve these expectations, the Judiciary must efficiently administer justice, despite the fact that the Judiciary receives only a small portion of our Nation’s budget. As this Committee has seen previously in the disastrous GSA renovation of the Poff Courthouse in my hometown of Roanoke, and in other wasteful GSA expenditures, not all spending on judicial needs is directly within the Judiciary’s control.

Attorney General Lynch to testify before the CommitteeWashington, D.C.  – On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., Attorney General Loretta Lynch will testify before the House Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). This is Attorney General Lynch’s second appearance before the Committee in her capacity as our nation’s top law enforcement officer.

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the FBI’s decision to not recommend criminal charges against former State Department Secretary Hillary Clinton for her mishandling of classified information through private email servers and sent a letter to FBI Director Comey raising concerns about the Bureau’s decision. “I am concerned that despite finding Secretary Clinton acted with extreme carelessness and there is evidence of potential violations of the statutes reg

Washington, D.C.  – On Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold an oversight hearing entitled, “Assessing the Obama Years: OIRA and Regulatory Impacts on Jobs, Wages and Economic Recovery.”  The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is the nerve center of the regulatory state, responsible for overseeing the development and promulgation of federal regulations. Witnesses for the hearing are: Panel I

• The Honorable Howard A. Shelanski, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Panel II

• Dr.

Washington, D.C.  – On Wednesday, July 6, 2016, at 3:00 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold an oversight hearing entitled, “Assessing the Obama Years: OIRA and Regulatory Impacts on Jobs, Wages and Economic Recovery.”  The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is the nerve center of the regulatory state, responsible for overseeing the development and promulgation of federal regulations. Witnesses for the hearing are: Panel I

• The Honorable Howard A. Shelanski, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

Panel II

• Dr.

Washington, D.C.  – On Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 1:00 p.m., the Task Force on Executive Overreach will hold a hearing titled, “The Federal Government on Autopilot: Mandatory Spending and the Entitlement Crisis.” Since the 1930s, the federal government has grown exponentially through the creation of entitlement programs to deliver retirement and health benefits to the American people, such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, unemployment insurance, the Earned Income Tax Credit, disability insurance, and others.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for answers about why federal immigration authorities released an illegally present alien and took no steps to remove him, consequently allowing him to remain unlawfully and later murder five people. On June 13, 2016, Johnny Josue Sanchez, an alien from Honduras illegally present in the United States, allegedly murdered five people in Los Angeles by intentionally setting fire to the building in which they were sleeping.  According to media reports, Sanchez was apprehended b

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released a statement following the Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: Chairman Goodlatte: “Every human life is sacred and precious, and should be protected from the horrors of abortion.