114th Congress
December 4, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the suspected terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California:
“First and foremost, my thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of those who lost loved ones this week in San Bernardino. This merciless act and loss of life are heartbreaking, and our nation mourns with those who are mourning. “I am troubled by the fact that this shooting in California appears to be an ISIS inspired terrorist attack. Like the Boston Marathon bombings, this attack demonstrates that terrorists will go after targets that are part of everyday American life, not just government buildings.
December 4, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of December 7-11, 2015:
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 91:00 p.m. | Subcommittee on Immigration and Border SecurityOversight of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Witness: The Honorable Leon Rodriguez, Director, USCIS2141 Rayburn House Office Building
All hearings and markups are streamed live at judiciary.house.gov.
December 4, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee released a new video on its legislative solutions to rein in the explosion of federal criminal law, commonly referred to as over-criminalization. Last month, the House Judiciary Committee approved four bills by voice vote to address this problem: the Criminal Code Improvement Act of 2015 (H.R. 4002), the Fix the Footnotes Act of 2015 (H.R. 4001), the Regulatory Reporting Act of 2015 (H.R. 4003), and the Clean Up the Code Act of 2015 (H.R. 4023).
December 3, 2015
Washington, D.C.— House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), both appointed as conferees by House Speaker Paul D.
December 3, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Today, Director Juan Osuna testified before the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee on the issues facing the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). EOIR is responsible for administering the immigration courts and the Board of Immigration Appeals. These two administrative tribunals decide cases involving the removal of aliens and the application of immigration and nationality laws. Here are some key takeaways and videos from today’s oversight hearing.
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2141 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
December 2, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: The last year has seen a number of high profile cyber-attacks resulting in the theft of millions of personal and financial records about Americans.
December 2, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: H.R. 2832 is yet another bill addressing a reclassification of the United States Code by the Office of Law Revision Counsel, and I am pleased to be joined in sponsoring this notable bill by Ranking Member Conyers (D-Mich.). It is only fitting that he cosponsor the bill recognizing the creation of a new title of the United States Code dedicated exclusively to voting and election laws.
In 1926, when the organizational structure of the United States Code was established, no separate title for voting and elections was created.
December 2, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement today on a new Government Accountability Office report which finds that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and the Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review have failed to develop agency-wide policies and procedures to identify and prevent asylum fraud.
“This new GAO report adds to mounting evidence that the Obama Administration refuses to take the steps necessary to crack down on asylum fraud and protect the integrity of our immigration system.
December 2, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: As I previously stated, the Office of the Law Revision Counsel must occasionally undertake editorial reclassification projects to reorganize areas of law that have outgrown their original boundaries, or to eliminate organizational units that are no longer efficient. H.R. 2831 reflects yet another of the Office’s editorial reclassification efforts, and I thank Ranking Member Conyers (D-Mich.) for cosponsoring this bill as well.
H.R. 2831 will update statutory references to provisions classified to title 50.