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June 25, 2015

Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released this statement following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on King v. Burwell.

June 25, 2015

Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released this statement following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on King v. Burwell.

June 25, 2015

Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released this statement following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision on King v. Burwell.

June 24, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the announcement that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will no longer detain families who illegally enter the United States. This policy shift comes on the heels of new statistics from the Department of Justice Executive Office of Immigration Review showing that 90% of unlawful immigrants with children who are not detained and with removal orders failed to appear for their court date.

June 24, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the announcement that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) will no longer detain families who illegally enter the United States. This policy shift comes on the heels of new statistics from the Department of Justice Executive Office of Immigration Review showing that 90% of unlawful immigrants with children who are not detained and with removal orders failed to appear for their court date.

June 24, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015 (H.R. 1927) by a vote of 15-10. Introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Chairman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act will strengthen federal class action lawsuit rules by helping ensure victims who have experienced actual or comparable injury are justly compensated. 

June 24, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015 (H.R. 1927) by a vote of 15-10. Introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Chairman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.), the Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act will strengthen federal class action lawsuit rules by helping ensure victims who have experienced actual or comparable injury are justly compensated. 

June 23, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the Obama Administration’s new hostage policy that allows families of Americans held by terrorist groups to pay ransom without fear of prosecution by the U.S. government.

June 23, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the Obama Administration’s new hostage policy that allows families of Americans held by terrorist groups to pay ransom without fear of prosecution by the U.S. government.

June 23, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee recently learned that the Obama Administration has begun to implement its Priority Enforcement Program (PEP), which replaces the successful Secure Communities program and allows significant numbers of criminal aliens to remain in the United States. PEP is part of the unilateral changes to the U.S. immigration system announced by President Obama on November 20, 2014.