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Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today condemned the Obama Administration’s lack of enforcement of immigration laws afterreports of Victor Aureliano Martinez Ramirez, an unlawful immigrant, allegedly raped, tortured and murdered 64 year old Marilyn Pharis in Santa Maria, California in late July. According to news articles, Martinez has been in the United States illegally since at least 2009, and has avoided deportation because of local, s

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today condemned the Obama Administration’s lack of enforcement of immigration laws afterreports of Victor Aureliano Martinez Ramirez, an unlawful immigrant, allegedly raped, tortured and murdered 64 year old Marilyn Pharis in Santa Maria, California in late July. According to news articles, Martinez has been in the United States illegally since at least 2009, and has avoided deportation because of local, s

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Secretary Jeh Johnson of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today demanding information about DHS’ contact with Juan Jimenez-Olivera before he was arrested in connection with a murder to which he pleaded guilty last week.

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Secretary Jeh Johnson of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today demanding information about DHS’ contact with Juan Jimenez-Olivera before he was arrested in connection with a murder to which he pleaded guilty last week.

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today sent a letter to 160 public colleges and universities urging the institutions to update their free speech codes in order to foster freedoms under the First Amendment. The letter comes after the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) released a report detailing a list of public colleges and universities that received a “red light” rating.

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.) issued the following statement following Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez’s announcement that the FTC is issuing guidance on its unfair methods of competition authority contained in section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act): “Today, for the first time in over 100 years, the FTC has voluntarily announced rules of the road for its exercise of section 5 authority over unfair methods of competition.

Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.) issued the following statement following Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Edith Ramirez’s announcement that the FTC is issuing guidance on its unfair methods of competition authority contained in section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act): “Today, for the first time in over 100 years, the FTC has voluntarily announced rules of the road for its exercise of section 5 authority over unfair methods of competition.