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Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today announced the launch of the Committee’s new website, judiciary.house.gov. Chairman Goodlatte: “To be effective, our government must be open to the public through direct and easy access to elected officials.  I understand the value of the Internet in enhancing service to the public and allowing for citizen involvement.

Washington, D.C.  – On Tuesday, March 15, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., the Task Force on Executive Overreach will hold a hearing to examine recent examples of executive overreach in which President Obama has failed to faithfully execute the law, including his failure to constitutionally implement the Affordable Care Act and his abrogation of the nation’s immigration laws. In the Affordable Care Act,

Washington, D.C.— On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 1:30 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold a hearing entitled, “The Chevron Doctrine: Constitutional and  Statutory Questions in Judicial Deference to Agencies.” The hearing will examine how much leeway bureaucrats currently have to interpret laws already passed by Congress since the Supreme Co

Washington, D.C.— On Tuesday, March 15, 2016, at 1:30 p.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold a hearing entitled, “The Chevron Doctrine: Constitutional and  Statutory Questions in Judicial Deference to Agencies.” The hearing will examine how much leeway bureaucrats currently have to interpret laws already passed by Congress since the Supreme Co

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) today released the following joint statement in the wake of the death of Tiffany May Joslyn, Deputy Chief Counsel of the Crime Subcommittee (Democratic staff), who died on Saturday, March 5, 2016:

“We are dee

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) study the cost of crime in the United States to better inform members of the House Judiciary Committee as it continues its bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative. In 2014, there were nearly 1.2 million violent crimes and 8.3 million property crimes in the United States, generating substantial costs for Americans, commun

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 on his department’s policy that allowed three unlawful, criminal immigrants charged with drunk driving go free. On February 24, 2016, Esmid Valentine Pedraza was arrested in San Francisco, California, for the murder of Stacey Aguilar. Prior to allegedly committing the murder, Pedraza was reportedly arrested by U.S.