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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte released a statement today regarding actions this week by the Judicial Conference, the principal policy-making body concerned with the administration of the U.S. Courts, to identify deficiencies in the General Services Administration’s (GSA) service at federal court facilities. On Monday, as part of a joint service validation initiative, the Judicial Conference issued a request to all Chief Judges around the country for information regarding any space and facilities-related issues.
Washington, D.C. –The House Judiciary Committee today approved H.R. 4874, the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014 (SCRUB Act), by a vote of 17-10. A member of the Judiciary Committee, Congressman Jason Smith (R-Mo.), serves as the chief sponsor of the bill.
The SCRUB Act institutes an independent regulatory review commission to examine regulatory programs that could be repealed to reduce unnecessary regulatory cost burdens. According to a recent estimate, the federal regulatory burden has reached $1.86 trillion, which adds up to approximately $15,000 annually per U.S. household.
Washington, D.C. –The House Judiciary Committee today approved H.R. 4874, the Searching for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014 (SCRUB Act), by a vote of 17-10. A member of the Judiciary Committee, Congressman Jason Smith (R-Mo.), serves as the chief sponsor of the bill.
The SCRUB Act institutes an independent regulatory review commission to examine regulatory programs that could be repealed to reduce unnecessary regulatory cost burdens. According to a recent estimate, the federal regulatory burden has reached $1.86 trillion, which adds up to approximately $15,000 annually per U.S. household.
Washington, D.C. –The House Judiciary Committee today approved H.R. 3086, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA), by a vote of 30-4. PITFA is a strong bipartisan bill with more than 220 cosponsors. The bill makes permanent the provisions of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) that temporarily bans states from taxing Internet access or placing multiple or discriminatory taxes on e-commerce.
Washington, D.C. –The House Judiciary Committee today approved H.R. 3086, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA), by a vote of 30-4. PITFA is a strong bipartisan bill with more than 220 cosponsors. The bill makes permanent the provisions of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) that temporarily bans states from taxing Internet access or placing multiple or discriminatory taxes on e-commerce.
Washington, D.C. –The House Judiciary Committee today approved H.R. 3086, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act (PITFA), by a vote of 30-4. PITFA is a strong bipartisan bill with more than 220 cosponsors. The bill makes permanent the provisions of the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) that temporarily bans states from taxing Internet access or placing multiple or discriminatory taxes on e-commerce.
Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the statement below regarding the capture of one of the suspected leaders, Ahmed Abu Khattala, of the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya that resulted in the deaths of four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the statement below following the Obama Administration’s announcement of a process for renewing the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Additionally, Administration officials quietly made several changes to DACA. They have loosened the educational requirements to allow those who are enrolled in an “alternative program” (without defining what this means) to benefit from the program.
Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the statement below following the Obama Administration’s announcement of the creation of an inter-agency Unified Coordination Group lead by FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate to coordinate the federal response effort to address the influx of “unaccompanied alien children” arriving at the U.S-Mexico border.
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 302-121 the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 3361), a bipartisan bill authored by Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) that ends bulk collection of data by the government and reforms our nation’s intelligence-gathering programs operated under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).