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Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the statement below following President Obama’s speech in which he called for the enactment of the Senate immigration bill, announced that he will take more unilateral actions to dismantle our immigration laws this summer, and announced that he will send interior enforcement officers to the border to deal with the surge of kids, teenagers, and parents from Central America seeking to enter the U.S. illegally.  

Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder demanding that he appoint a Special Counsel to investigate the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative groups.

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court announced a landmark decision in support of religious freedom in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby. The Court ruled 5-4 in favor of Hobby Lobby. The Court determined that the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) contraceptive mandate burdens the free exercise of religion and that the mandate applied to closely-held corporations violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The HHS mandate requires employer coverage of contraception that violates the conscience rights of some employers, such as sterilizations and abortion-inducing drugs.

Washington, D.C. —Next week, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) will lead a bipartisan trip to the Rio Grande Valley Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border on Wednesday, July 2 and Thursday, July 3 to seek information about the sudden surge of children, teenagers, and families seeking to enter the U.S. illegally. Members of the House Judiciary Committee traveling to the border will tour federal facilities and meet with those witnessing this problem firsthand at the southern border, including law enforcement officials from U.S.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the statement below following the Supreme Court’s ruling that President Obama violated the U.S. Constitution by going around the Senate to appoint individuals to the National Labor Relations Board.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released this statement following the Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling in the case of American Broadcasting, Inc. v. Aereo.  Today’s decision found that Aereo’s streaming of copyrighted television broadcasts is copyright infringement.   

Washington, DC – Today, the International Creativity and Theft-Prevention Caucus, which is chaired by Congressmen Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) and Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), unveiled the “2014 International Piracy Watch List.” In an effort to fight copyright piracy and call attention to countries where it has reached alarming levels, the Caucus highlighted the high levels of piracy and the lack of legal protections for copyright in the following countries: China, Russia, Switzerland and India.

Washington, D.C. — Following the Obama Administration’s announcement that it will send lawyers and judges to the border in order to attempt to fast-track the removal of children, teenagers, and families seeking to enter the United States illegally, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today sent a letter to President Barack Obama asking him whether he believes there are provisions in current law that have set up roadblocks to actually achieving this goal and if he will suggest legislative changes.