Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law
April 9, 2018
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) joined a bipartisan, bicameral group of 15 Members of Congress to file an amicus brief in the pending Supreme Court ruling on South Dakota v.
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February 27, 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 on the proposed merger of CVS Health and Aetna, Inc.
Chairman Goodlatte: I want to thank Chairman Marino for holding this hearing. This is an important opportunity to examine both the proposed merger and the broader issue of rising healthcare spending.
In 1960, healthcare spending was 5% of the economy. Today it is over 17% of GDP and projected to reach alm
February 23, 2018
Washington, D.C. - On Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 1:30 p.m., the House Judiciary Committee ubcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold a hearing titled “Competition in the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain: the Proposed Merger of CVS Health and Aetna
February 21, 2018
Washington, D.C. - Today, the U.S.
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December 20, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today sent a letter to the President regarding the impact of foreign antitrust enforcement on American citizens and businesses abroad. The letter recommends, among other items, that the President establish a “White House Working Group on International Competition” to coordinate international competition and trade policy within the U.S.
December 14, 2017
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today praised the Trump Administration for its Regulatory Plan and Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions:
Chairman Goodlatte: “I commend President Trump for following through on his commitment to rein in the regulatory state. In less than one year, the President has succeeded in rolling back costly, job-killing regulations and withdrawing or postponing additional regulatory actions that had previously been planned by the federal government.
December 14, 2017
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) vote in favor of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order.:
Chairman Goodlatte: “I want to thank FCC Chairman Pai for liberating Internet service providers and small businesses from the stranglehold of overly burdensome regulations.
December 7, 2017
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) filed an amicus brief asking the Supreme Court to deny review of the case of South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. Proponents of review seek a Court-imposed solution to challenges in the collection of taxes on sales by out-of-state vendors, a matter that the Court itself has previously said is within Congress’s constitutional jurisdiction. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), Rep. Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), and Sen.