CongressmanBob Goodlatte

Today the House of Representatives took action to protect Americans’ constitutional right to bear arms and enhance public safety. Read more

President Trump’s commitment to robust enforcement of our nation’s immigration laws has produced significant results. Read more

It is deeply troubling that many women and young girls in the United States are at risk of female genital mutilation. Read more

Please click here for a downloadable PDF file with citations. I am the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives. The Committee has jurisdiction over the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution and issues concerning interstate commerce that arise out of States’ measures to collect taxes on sales to their citizens by sellers residing outside of the States’ respective borders. Since I became Chairman in 2013, I, Members of the Committee, and Committee staff h... Read more

Keeping Americans safe is one of the primary responsibilities of Congress. The House Judiciary Committee, which I chair, approved two bipartisan bills in recent days that will help enhance public safety. The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act ensures that the rights of law-abiding citizens to protect themselves and others remain intact even when crossing state lines, as long as an individual follows local concealed carry laws. Conflicting state codes and regulations have created a patchwork of reci... Read more

Today the House Judiciary Committee took action to protect Americans’ constitutional right to bear arms and enhance public safety. Read more

Chairman Pai’s proposed Restoring Internet Freedom Order represents a much-needed reversal from the one-size-fits-all regulations of the previous administration that would have stifled marketplace competition and discouraged innovation. Read more

The Protect and Grow American Jobs Act makes much-needed reforms to the H-1B program to curtail abuse of the system and protect American workers. Read more

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below following the conclusion of today’s oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice: “I thank Attorney General Jeff Sessions for spending hours testifying before the House Judiciary Committee today and for answering our many questions on numerous topics. Attorney General Sessions did an excellent job of answering our questions, clarifying his position on various matters, and being straightforward unlike his p... Read more

Each day the United States is faced with a number of threats. For the most part we don’t know about them. That’s because the intelligence community is working behind the scenes to thwart terrorist threats against our country and keep our communities safe. At the same time, it is essential that the constitutional rights of Americans are not impeded in this process. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is commonly understood to be our nation’s most critical national secu... Read more