115th Congress
October 3, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of the Elder Abuse Prevention and Prosecution Act (S. 178).
October 3, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of the PROTECT Our Children Act (S. 782).
Chairman Goodlatte: I’m pleased today that we are voting to reauthorize the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to end the Exploitation of Children Today Act of 2003 — or, the PROTECT Act. The PROTECT Act authorizes local law enforcement task forces to combat crimes against children online.
October 3, 2017
Washington, D.C. - Today, the House of Representatives will vote on H.R. 36, the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act of 2017. In an op-ed for LifeNews, Chairman Goodlatte defends this important pro-life bill.
October 3, 2017
Washington, D.C. – On Wednesday, October 4, 2017, the House Judiciary Committee will consider the Legal Workforce Act (H.R. 3711). This bill, introduced by Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and Congressman Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), preserves jobs for citizens and legal workers by requiring U.S.
The Agricultural Guestworker Act, or the AG Act, replaces the outdated and broken H-2A guestworker program with a reliable, efficient, and fair program. The H-2A program is widely known to be expensive, time-consuming, and flawed. Each year, employers using the H-2A program have to comply with a lengthy labor certification process that is slow and plagued with red tape.
October 2, 2017
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today unveiled a bill to create a new, workable agricultural guestworker program for America’s farmers and ranchers.
The Agricultural Guestworker Act, or the AG Act, replaces the outdated and broken H-2A guestworker program with a reliable, efficient, and fair program and will be marked up by the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, October 4, 2017.
October 2, 2017
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of October 2-6, 2017.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 310:00 a.m.Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and InvestigationsHearing: Online Sex Trafficking and the Communications Decency Act
Witnesses:
- The Honorable Chris Cox, Outside Counsel, NetChoice
Date:
Location:
2141 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
Subcommittees:
September 29, 2017
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at 10:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing titled, “Online Sex Trafficking and the Communications Decency Act.”
In recent years, there has been a spate of criminal and civil litigation against Backpage.com, a website that offers classified listings, including an extensive adult services section in which minors and women forced into prostitution are
September 27, 2017
Washington, D.C. – Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Chairman Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho) met with Department of State Secretary Rex Tillerson and Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Elaine Duke regarding the Trump Administration’s refugee ceiling for Fiscal Year 2018.