115th Congress

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following opening statement at the markup of the "Private Property Rights Protection Act" (H.R.

Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today gave the following statement on the House floor in support of the Music Modernization Act (H.R. 5447). Today, the House brings early 20th Century music laws for the analog era into the 21st Century digital era. These changes are a culmination of years of effort by interested parties as well as by many Members of the Judiciary Committee. The problems and failures in our nation’s music laws have imposed real financial costs upon artists and creators.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on a D.C. federal judge’s ruling ordering the Trump Administration to continue the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which was unilaterally created in a memorandum by the Obama Administration, and accept new applicants. “For a federal judge to rule that the current administration cannot change a memo from the previous administration is absurd.

Washington, D.C. -- Today the House of Representatives will consider the bipartisan Music Modernization Act (H.R. 5447), which updates several key provisions of U.S.

Washington, D.C. -- House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Oil States Energy v. Greene’s Energy.  The Court ruled 7-2 to uphold the constitutionality of the inter partes review process created in the America Invents Act. “I am pleased that the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the inter partes review (IPR) proceedings that Congress established in the America Invents Act.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today issued the following statement on the Trump Administration’s call on Congress to address the Supreme Court’s decision in Sessions v. Dimaya and close the “aggravated felony” loophole. “I agree with the Trump Administration that Congress must remedy the recent Supreme Court decision that allows some criminals convicted of serious crimes to avoid deportation.

Washington, D.C. -- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) released the following statement after reaching an agreement with Department of Justice (DOJ) Assistant Attorney General Stephen E.

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of April 23-27, 2018. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 2:00 p.m. Full Committee Markup Ratification of Subcommittee Assignments H.R. 3356, the “Prison Reform and Redemption Act” H.R.