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Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) - along with several Judiciary Republicans - have sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General James Cole seeking answers to the many questions surrounding the Obama Administration’s decision to subpoena two months of telephone call records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press (AP) as part of a national security leaks investigation.  Last week, Attorney General Eric Holder anno

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today joined Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) in introducing a bill to spur job creation, economic growth, and American competitiveness by increasing and improving high-skilled immigration programs.  The Supplying Knowledge Based Immigrants and Lifting Levels of STEM Visas Act (H.R.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today released a discussion draft of legislation designed to address the ever increasing problem of abusive patent litigation.  This discussion draft is the result of bipartisan, bicameral collaboration between Chairman Goodlatte and Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.).  Leahy said he expects to introduce separate legislation soon.

Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee will hold a hearing on H.R. 1797, the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.  Tomorrow’s hearing will examine H.R. 1797, which would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks.  Currently, there are no restrictions on abortions until birth in the District of Columbia other than the federal ban on partial-birth abortions.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.), along with 15 Judiciary Republicans, today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder urging that the Department of Justice conduct a thorough investigation into the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of conservative groups for additional scrutiny as they applied for tax-exempt status.  The letter requests that any investigation address key issues, including why Congress was

Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 10:00 a.m., the Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee will hold a hearing on H.R. 1797, the District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.  Tomorrow’s hearing will examine H.R. 1797, which would ban abortions in the District of Columbia after 20 weeks.  Currently, there are no restrictions on abortions until birth in the District of Columbia other than the federal ban on partial-birth abortions.

Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a full committee hearing on the Senate “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, entitled “S. 744 and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: Lessons Learned or Mistakes Repeated?”  In the 1986 immigration overhaul, the American people were promised tougher enforcement of our immigration laws in exchange for the legalization of roughly three million people.

Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee today approved legislation to strengthen the Asbestos Trust System by promoting transparency that will combat the fraud and abuse that currently besets the system. Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Texas), chief sponsor of the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act (H.R. 982), praised the Committee vote.