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December 20, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following statement following Department of Homeland Security’s Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s announcement on the U.S. agreement with Mexico that asylum seekers coming from Mexico will remain in Mexico while their asylum claims are being processed.
December 20, 2018
Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following statement during the Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee’s hearing on “Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security.”
Chairman Goodlatte: When President Obama’s Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson first testified in front of this Committee, I told him that he was not responsible for the dangerous and irresponsible decisions made by DHS before he was sworn in. And I told him that we could only hope that he would brin
December 18, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) today released the transcript of the second day of former FBI Director James Comey's interview before the Committees.
The transcript of Mr.
December 12, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement at the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Oversight Hearing for the Antitrust Enforcement Agencies (Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division).
Chairman Goodlatte: Welcome. It has been two years since our last antitrust enforcement oversight hearing, so there is
December 12, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement at the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Oversight Hearing for the Antitrust Enforcement Agencies (Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition and the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division).
Chairman Goodlatte: Welcome. It has been two years since our last antitrust enforcement oversight hearing, so there is
December 11, 2018
Washington, D.C. — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following statement during the Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee’s hearing on “Transparency & Accountability: Examining Google and its Data Collection, Use and Filtering Practices.”
Chairman Goodlatte: In the United States, Google operates the preeminent Internet search engine, the leading email service provider, and the Android operating system, which runs most of the smart phones in the U.S.
December 8, 2018
Washington, DC - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) today publicly released the transcript of the first day of former FBI Director James Comey’s interview before the Committees, which concluded 24 hours ago.
Due to time constraints, the Committees were unable to ask all relevant questions of Mr. Comey during yesterday’s interview. He will therefore appear before the Committees again on December 17, 2018.
The transcript of Mr.
December 8, 2018
Washington, DC - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-SC) today publicly released the transcript of the first day of former FBI Director James Comey’s interview before the Committees, which concluded 24 hours ago.
Due to time constraints, the Committees were unable to ask all relevant questions of Mr. Comey during yesterday’s interview. He will therefore appear before the Committees again on December 17, 2018.
The transcript of Mr.
December 7, 2018
Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement today upon President Trump’s nomination of William Barr as his next U.S. Attorney General.
“President Trump has made a great choice in nominating William Barr for the role of U.S. Attorney General. He is a well-respected former U.S. Attorney General with a distinguished record of public service. His intellect, experience, and integrity are without question. I urge the Senate to confirm William Barr as the next U.S. Attorney General expeditiously.”
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December 3, 2018
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of December 3-7, 2018.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4*POSTPONED*Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust LawHearing on: Oversight Hearing for the Antitrust Enforcement Agencies
Witnesses:
- The Honorable Makan Delrahim, Assistant Attorney General, U.S.