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March 12, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement after a press report that two Secret Service agents suspected of driving under the influence and striking a White House security barricade also disrupted an active bomb investigation and may have driven over the suspicious package itself.  
March 11, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General today issued a scathing report identifying significant concerns with the Department’s handling of sex offenders in the Witness Security Program and the threat they pose after being terminated from the program. As of July 2014, the Inspector General found that a total of 58 sex offenders at one point were in the Witness Security Program, including 10 individuals who were convicted of sex offenses prior to admittance to the program, 10 i
March 11, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General today issued a scathing report identifying significant concerns with the Department’s handling of sex offenders in the Witness Security Program and the threat they pose after being terminated from the program. As of July 2014, the Inspector General found that a total of 58 sex offenders at one point were in the Witness Security Program, including 10 individuals who were convicted of sex offenses prior to admittance to the program, 10 i
March 11, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled “Wrecking the Internet to Save It?
March 11, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled “Wrecking the Internet to Save It?
March 11, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled “Wrecking the Internet to Save It?
March 10, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below after the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) announced that it will abandon its plan to ban a widely-used bullet used for the AR-15, the most popular sporting rifle in the United States.  

March 6, 2015

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte welcomed five new Republican members to the House Judiciary Committee for the 114th Congress. We will profile each new member in a five-part series.

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March 4, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by a vote of 17-13 the Protection of Children Act (H.R. 1149), a bill to ensure that unaccompanied alien minors (UAMs) who make the dangerous journey to the United States are safely returned home.
March 4, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by a vote of 17-13 the Protection of Children Act (H.R. 1149), a bill to ensure that unaccompanied alien minors (UAMs) who make the dangerous journey to the United States are safely returned home.