114th Congress

House Judiciary Committee to Consider Legislation in the Coming WeeksWashington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement on Senate passage of S. 1890, the Defend Trade Secrets Act.

“I am encouraged by the Senate’s recent passage of the Defend Trade Secrets Act.

GAO Findings Show HUD Officials’ Attempts to Silence Employees During Congressional InquiryWashington, D.C.—The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found that two Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) employees illegally interfered with a Congressional investigation and has recommended sanctions. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) praised the 

Legislation will ensure fairness in merger reviews for American businessesWashington, D.C.— Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Texas), the original sponsor of the bill, applauded the House passage of H.R.

Chairman Goodlatte: In 1914, Congress passed the Federal Trade Commission Act, marking the beginning of a dual antitrust enforcement regime in the United States. Because both the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforce our nation’s antitrust laws, companies may, and often do, have different experiences when interacting with one agency relative to the other.

Chairman Goodlatte: The bill before us today, known as the HEALTH Act, is modeled on California’s highly successful litigation reforms that have lowered health care costs and made health care much more accessible to the people of that state. Because the evidence of the effects of those reforms on lowering health care costs is so overwhelming, the Congressional Budget Office has estimated that if the same reforms were applied at the federal level, they would save $44 billion over a ten-year period.

Chairman Goodlatte: H.R. 4676, the “Preventing Crimes Against Veterans Act of 2016,” was introduced by Congressman Tom Rooney of Florida, a former Member of this Committee, and Congressman Ted Deutch of Florida, a current Member of this Committee.

Encryption a Top Issue for House Judiciary and Energy and Commerce CommitteesWashington, D.C.  – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today announced the creation of an encryption working group to examine the complicated legal and policy issues surrounding encryption.

Border Patrol union chief tells the Judiciary Committee explosive information about the Administration’s policy of releasing unlawful immigrants into U.S.Washington, D.C.  – Following the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee’s hearing on the ongoing surge at the southwest border, the House Judiciary Committee received