114th Congress
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2237 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
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June 30, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, July 6, 2016 at 1:00 p.m., the Task Force on Executive Overreach will hold a hearing titled, “The Federal Government on Autopilot: Mandatory Spending and the Entitlement Crisis.”
Since the 1930s, the federal government has grown exponentially through the creation of entitlement programs to deliver retirement and health benefits to the American people, such as Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps,
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2226 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
June 27, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for answers about why federal immigration authorities released an illegally present alien and took no steps to remove him, consequently allowing him to remain unlawfully and later murder five people.
On June 13, 2016, Johnny Josue Sanchez, an alien from Honduras illegally present in the United States, allegedly murdered five people in Los Angeles by intentional
June 27, 2016
Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released a statement following the Supreme Court’s 5-3 decision in Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt:
Chairman Goodlatte: “Every human life is sacred and precious, and should be protected from the horrors of abortion.
June 27, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today raised concerns about Obama Administration efforts to relinquish stewardship of key internet functions in light of unanswered legal, constitutional and human rights questions. Other concerns include whether such a transition would jeopardize free expression on the Internet or weaken certain intellectual property protections.
In a letter to the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the chairmen cauti
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June 24, 2016
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mimi Walters (CA-45) recently introduced the Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act of 2016, H.R. 5578, along with Representative Zoe Lofgren (CA-19) and 20 original cosponsors.
June 23, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of United States v. Texas:
“Today’s Supreme Court decision effectively ends President Obama’s unilateral rewrite of our nation’s immigration laws for the remainder of the Obama Administration. This is a win for the American people, the Constitution, and the rule of law. Today’s decision also underscores the importance of who will replace Justice Scalia at the Supreme Court.