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Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued this statement regarding the news that the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has been monitoring the phone records for millions of Americans.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today joined Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) in introducing a bill to improve the interior enforcement of our immigration laws and strengthen national security.  Specifically, the Strengthen and Fortify Enforcement Act (H.R.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and all Judiciary Committee Republicans today sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder requesting that he appear before the Committee on June 18, 2013, or some other time before the July 4th recess, to explain the discrepancies between his sworn congressional testimony and his decision to obtain a search warrant for the emails of James Rosen, the chief Washington correspondent for Fox News, which stated Rosen was at the very least an “aider, abettor, and/or co-conspirator” of the person who allegedly leaked classified information. 

Washington, D.C. - On Thursday at 10:00 a.m., the Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee will hold a hearing on H.R. 1123, the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act.  This legislation restores the exemption, enacted by the Copyright Office, to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) that permits consumers to unlock their cell phones without the approval of their wireless provider.  The exemption was allowed to expire for cell phones purchased after January 26, 2013.

Washington, D.C. - Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) delivered the following remarks on the issue of abusive patent litigation at the Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) Tech Policy Speaker’s Series. Below are his remarks as delivered:

Chairman Goodlatte: “I want to thank the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) for hosting this Tech Policy Speaker’s Series and all of you for being here today to discuss the issue of abusive patent litigation.

Washington, D.C. - The Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice today approved legislation in a vote of 5-3 that prohibits state and local governments that receive federal economic development funds from using eminent domain to transfer private property from one private owner to another for the purpose of economic development, the Private Property Rights Protection Act (H.R. 1944).  This legislation is in response to the 2005 Supreme Court decision in the case of Kelo v. City of New London, which gives local governments broad authority to seize private property under the guise of economic development just to generate tax revenue.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) today sent a letter to Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Peter Kadzik in response to the letter they received from him yesterday.  On May 29, Chairman Goodlatte and Subcommittee Chairman Sensenbrenner wrote to

Washington, D.C. - The Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice today approved legislation in a vote of 6-4 that would ban abortions in the United States after 20 weeks, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act (H.R. 1797).  Since the Supreme Court’s controversial decision in Roe v. Wade in 1973, medical knowledge regarding the development of unborn babies and their capacities at various stages of growth has advanced dramatically.  Extensive research conducted by Dr.