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March 3, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below following House approval of a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for Fiscal Year 2015: “Senator Reid and Senate Democrats have defied the will of the American people by repeatedly obstructing debate on a House-passed bill that would provide critical funding for homeland security and defund the President’s unilateral actions on immigration. President Obama’s unilateral rewriting of our immigration laws poses a clear and present danger to the Constitution and must be stopped.  The stakes are too high to surrender and we must stand firm to defend the Constitution.
March 2, 2015

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings and markups for next week.

MONDAY, MARCH 2 

4:00 p.m.        Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law

Hearing on:

H.R. 348, the “Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 2015” (RAPID Act);

H.R. 712, the “Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2015”; and,

March 2, 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.

Biography

February 27, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and several House Republicans have unveiled four pieces of legislation to strengthen the interior enforcement of our immigration laws, remove the ability of the President to unilaterally shut down immigration enforcement, ensure jobs are preserved for legal workers, reform the United States’ asylum laws, and make sure unaccompanied alien minors who make the dangerous trek to the United States are safely returned home. These four bills will be marked up by the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, March 3 and Wednesday, March 4, 2015.

February 27, 2015

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and several House Republicans have unveiled four pieces of legislation to strengthen the interior enforcement of our immigration laws, remove the ability of the President to unilaterally shut down immigration enforcement, ensure jobs are preserved for legal workers, reform the United States’ asylum laws, and make sure unaccompanied alien minors who make the dangerous trek to the United States are safely returned home. These four bills will be marked up by the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, March 3 and Wednesday, March 4, 2015.

February 26, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and members of the House Judiciary Committee today sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman (FCC) Tom Wheeler expressing deep concern with the FCC’s approval of net neutrality rules that regulate Internet service providers under Title II of the Communications Act. The members signing the letter also noted that the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the impact of the FCC’s rule change on March 17, 2015.
February 26, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and members of the House Judiciary Committee today sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman (FCC) Tom Wheeler expressing deep concern with the FCC’s approval of net neutrality rules that regulate Internet service providers under Title II of the Communications Act. The members signing the letter also noted that the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the impact of the FCC’s rule change on March 17, 2015.
February 26, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and members of the House Judiciary Committee today sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission Chairman (FCC) Tom Wheeler expressing deep concern with the FCC’s approval of net neutrality rules that regulate Internet service providers under Title II of the Communications Act. The members signing the letter also noted that the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the impact of the FCC’s rule change on March 17, 2015.
February 25, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today introduced the Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation Act (H.R.
February 25, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today introduced the Nuclear Terrorism Conventions Implementation and Safety of Maritime Navigation Act (H.R.