115th Congress
June 4, 2018
Washington, D.C. - In an op-ed on FoxNews.com, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Vice Chairman Doug Collins (R-Ga.) call on the U.S.
June 1, 2018
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of June 4-8, 2018.
FRIDAY, JUNE 89:00 a.m.Subcommittee on Constitution and Civil Justice
Hearing on: Questions Regarding the U.S. Census
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
All hearings and markups are streamed live at judiciary.house.gov. Camera crews wishing to cover must be congressionally credentialed and RSVP with the House Radio-TV Gallery at (202) 225-5214.
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2141 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
May 24, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte issued the following statement on the joint announcement from the Departments of State, Agriculture, Homeland Security, and Labor regarding regulatory changes to the H-2A temporary agricultural workers program.
“Today the Departments of State, Agriculture, Homeland Security, and Labor announced that they intend to make changes to the failed H-2A system. I applaud the Administration’s intention to improve the current program. However, these reforms are only good while the current Administration is in office. Just as the Obama Department of Labor rescinded the George W.
May 24, 2018
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee Ranking Member Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to protect American victims of international terrorism and ensure access to compensation for those impacted by acts of terror. The Anti-Terrorism Clarification Act of 2018 (H.R. 5954) makes needed improvements to the Antiterrorism Act of 1992 to better ensure that American victims of international terrorism can obtain justice in U.S.
May 24, 2018
Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers in introducing the No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act (H.R. 5904). This legislation would make the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) subject to antitrust law by removing a state immunity shield created by judicial precedent.
Chairman Goodlatte, Representative Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), chief sponsor of the legislation, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Regulatory Reform Subcommittee Chairman Tom Marino (R-Pa.), Regulatory Reform Ranking Member David Cicilline (D-R.I.), and Rep.
May 22, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 360-59 a bill to reform the federal prison system, the FIRST STEP Act (H.R. 5682). This legislation, sponsored by Representatives Doug Collins (R-Ga.) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), improves the federal prison system through the implementation of corrections policy reforms. These targeted reforms enhance public safety by improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the federal prison system in order to control corrections spending, manage the prison population, provide educational and vocational training to inmates so they can successfully reenter society once released, and reduce recidivism.
May 22, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) today welcomed two new members to the bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group: Representatives John Rutherford (R-Fla.) and Val Demings (D-Fla.). The bipartisan working group met today to discuss personal perspectives on policing with two law enforcement officers, Lt. Brett Parson of Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department and Assistant Chief Rodney Bryant of Atlanta’s Police Department.
May 22, 2018
Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following statement on the House floor in support of the FIRST STEP Act (H.R. 5682). This legislation, sponsored by Representatives Doug Collins (R-Ga.) and Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), improves the federal prison system through the implementation of corrections policy reforms.
Chairman Goodlatte: Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 5682, the FIRST STEP Act. The bipartisan bill before us is a meaningful, historic criminal justice reform measure.
The FIRST STEP Act places a new focus on rehabilitation.