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May 21, 2013

Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a full committee hearing entitled, “Protecting U.S. Citizens’ Constitutional Rights During the War on Terror.”  The hearing will gather information and discuss the status of U.S.

May 16, 2013

Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General today released a scathing report on DOJ’s systemic mismanagement in the handling of known or suspected terrorists admitted into the federal Witness Security Program.

May 15, 2013
Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “A Case Study for Consensus Building: The Copyright Principles Project.”  This hearing will be the first in a series of hearings that the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee will hold as they conduct a comprehensive rev
May 15, 2013
Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee will hold a hearing entitled “A Case Study for Consensus Building: The Copyright Principles Project.”  This hearing will be the first in a series of hearings that the Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee will hold as they conduct a comprehensive rev
May 14, 2013

Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, May 15 at 1:00 p.m., Attorney General Eric Holder will testify before the House Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing on the U.S.

May 14, 2013

Washington, D.C. - On Wednesday, May 15 at 1:00 p.m., Attorney General Eric Holder will testify before the House Judiciary Committee for an oversight hearing on the U.S.

May 9, 2013

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Chairman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) have sent a letter to all 50 state attorneys general seeking to find out if state and local governments are being stymied in their efforts to protect the civil rights of newborns and their mothers and if the federal governme

May 6, 2013

Washington, D.C. - Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released this statement following Senate passage of the Marketplace Fairness Act (S. 743):

May 5, 2013

Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the creation of a bipartisan task force on over-criminalization to assess our current federal criminal statutes and make recommendations for improvements.