Committee on the Judiciary
The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary, also known as the House Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. The committee has jurisdiction over a wide range of issues related to the administration of justice, including:
- Federal courts and judicial procedures
- Civil rights and civil liberties
- Constitutional amendments
- Immigration and nationality
- Monopolies and antitrust issues
- Crime control and law enforcement
- Drug policy
The committee is responsible for considering and reporting legislation related to these areas, as well as conducting oversight of the executive branch and the federal judiciary. The committee also has the authority to impeach federal officials, including the President, and to consider articles of impeachment.
The House Judiciary Committee is chaired by the Speaker of the House or, in the Speaker's absence, the Majority Leader. The ranking minority member is the Minority Leader or, in the Minority Leader's absence, the Minority Whip. The committee is composed of members of the U.S. House of Representatives, with each state represented by at least one member.
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) today announced the next step in the House Judiciary Committee’s ongoing review of U.S. copyright law. The Committee has issued joint invitations to all prior witnesses of the Committee’s copyright review hearings to meet with Committee staff and provide additional input on copyright policy issues.
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressed Attorney General Loretta Lynch for information about the thousands of federal prison inmates who will be released in November as a result of the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s decision to lower federal sentencing for all drug trafficking and distribution crimes.
Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee Chairman Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) today demanded further investigation by the Department of Justice into potential violations of the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act by Planned Parenthood.
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Secret Service Improvements Act of 2015 (H.R. 1656). This bipartisan bill – authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) – reforms the United States Secret Service.
Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today announced a Committee investigation into allegations that Planned Parenthood abortion doctors altered abortion procedures in order to harvest the organs and body parts of aborted children for money.
Washington, D.C. – At an oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today released new information obtained from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on the recidivism of criminal aliens freed by the Obama Administration during Fiscal Year 2014.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Secretary Jeh Johnson testified before the House Judiciary Committee at an oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The hearing largely focused on the Department’s poor record on immigration enforcement and failure to crack down on dangerous sanctuary city policies.
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