114th Congress

Crime Subcommittee to Examine ISIL and Threat of Domestic Terrorism

February 19, 2015

Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled “ISIL in America: Domestic Terror and Radicalization”.

Goodlatte Statement on South Dakota Vote on Constitutional Convention

February 19, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below after South Dakota became the 25th state to call for a convention to amend the U.S.

Regulatory Reform Subcommittee to Hold Hearing on Bill Allowing Puerto Rico Access to Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code

February 19, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 11:30 a.m., the Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine the Puerto Rico Chapter 9 Uniformity Act (H.R. 870), a bill authored by Congressman Pedro Pierluisi (D-Puerto Rico), which would allow Puerto Rico the ability to utilize chapter 9 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Chairman Goodlatte Statement on Selection of Joseph Clancy as Secret Service Director

February 18, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement on the announcement that Joseph Clancy has been selected as the Director of the U.S. Secret Service.

Chairman Goodlatte: “I applaud the selection of Joseph Clancy as the next Director of the Secret Service. Mr. Clancy has an exemplary record of service as the head of the Presidential Protective Division and took over as Acting Director of the U.S. Secret Service at a critical juncture for the agency.

House Judiciary Committee to Hold Hearing on Unconstitutionality of President Obama’s Executive Overreach on Immigration

February 18, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, February 25, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the unconstitutionality of President Obama’s executive overreach on immigration.

Goodlatte Applauds Federal Judge’s Decision to Block President Obama’s Executive Overreach on Immigration

February 17, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below after Judge Andrew Hanen of the U.S. District Court in Brownsville, Texas temporarily blocked President Obama’s unilateral immigration actions: “President Obama’s executive overreach on immigration poses a clear and present danger to our Constitution and I am pleased that the President’s actions have been temporarily halted so that the states’ lawsuit can move forward.

House Republicans Demand Senate Democrats Allow Debate on Bill to End Obama’s Unconstitutional Immigration Actions

February 13, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and 169 other House Republicans today sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) demanding him to stop censoring debate on a critical bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security’s operations for Fiscal Year 2015 and defund unconstitutional programs created unilaterally by President Obama. These signatures were gathered in about 24 hours.

Goodlatte: Change to Unilateral Immigration Program Provides Pathway to Citizenship

February 13, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today sent a letter to Department of Homeland of Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson expressing concern about the startling new changes made to the expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that could place potentially hundreds of thousands of unlawful immigrants on a pathway to citizenship.

Oversight of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act

Hearing

Date:

Fri, 02/13/2015 - 4:30 AM

Location:

2141 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING

Subcommittees:

The Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties (114th Congress)

Goodlatte & Ros-Lehtinen: Why Did Administration Help Cuban Spy Artificially Inseminate Wife?

February 12, 2015

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) today sent a letter to Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Charles Samuels, Jr. expressing outrage over the measures taken by the Obama Administration to help a convicted Cuban spy artificially inseminate his wife in Panama while he was imprisoned in a U.S. federal prison.