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Chairman Goodlatte: As we begin 2016, we face the same difficulty we have faced since the beginning of the Obama Administration. Because the Administration and the entrenched Washington regulatory bureaucracy insist on piling burden upon burden on the backs of workers, Main Street families and small business owners, America is still struggling to create enough new jobs and economic growth to produce the prosperity. To turn this problem around, we must not only stem the tide of unnecessarily costly new regulations.

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on President Obama’s executive actions on firearms: Chairman Goodlatte: “The right of the people to keep and bear arms is one of the fundamental principles of our Republic and is not to be infringed. Over the course of President Obama’s tenure in office, his Administration has sought to undermine the Second Amendment on numerous occasions but opposition from the American people and Congress often have stopped his attempts to restrict this constitutional right.

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on President Obama’s executive actions on firearms: Chairman Goodlatte: “The right of the people to keep and bear arms is one of the fundamental principles of our Republic and is not to be infringed. Over the course of President Obama’s tenure in office, his Administration has sought to undermine the Second Amendment on numerous occasions but opposition from the American people and Congress often have stopped his attempts to restrict this constitutional right.

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.), House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas.), and Rep.

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-Calif.), House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas.), and Rep.

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below regarding the significant drop in removals for unlawful and criminal aliens in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015.  In FY 2015, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted only 235,000 removals, which is down from last fiscal year’s low of 315,000 removals.

Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below regarding the significant drop in removals for unlawful and criminal aliens in Fiscal Year (FY) 2015.  In FY 2015, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted only 235,000 removals, which is down from last fiscal year’s low of 315,000 removals.

***Update: Following up on Chairman Goodlatte’s statement from Saturday (12/19/15) regarding Tashfeen Malik’s immigration file, please find a copy of Malik’s K-1 Visa application here.**Washington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement after reviewing Tashfeen Malik’s immigration file: Chairman Goodlatte: “After reviewing Tashfeen Malik’s immigration file, it is clear that immigration officials did not thoroughly vet her application.