CongressmanBob Goodlatte

The House Judiciary Committee today approved by a vote of 27-8 the USA Liberty Act (H.R. 3989), a bipartisan bill that reforms and reauthorizes Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to protect both national security and Americans’ civil liberties. The bill was introduced last month by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sens... Read more

The visa lottery is too much of a gamble for our nation to make with today’s ongoing threat of terrorism and must come to an end. Read more

This morning, Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) appeared on America’s Newsroom on Fox News to discuss the diversity visa lottery and the terrorist attack in New York City. Sayfullo Saipov, an immigrant from Uzbekistan who came to the United States in 2010 through the Diversity Visa Program, plowed a rental truck into people using a bicycle path near One World Trade Center on Halloween, killing eight and injuring another 11 people. Under the visa lottery, each successful applicant is chosen at ra... Read more

The Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act provides much needed tools for state and local law enforcement agencies to address gang activity. Read more

Our immigration policy should be based primarily on our national needs, security, and economics and not in part on an arbitrary system. Read more

It is important that Congress recognize the need for a stable, legal agricultural workforce that the agricultural industry can call upon when sufficient American labor cannot be found. Read more

The opioid epidemic has destroyed too many lives, families, and communities across the United States. Read more

Last evening, the House of Representatives passed Congressman Bob Goodlatte’s (R-Va.) Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017 (H.R. 732), a product of the House Judiciary Committee, by a vote of 238-183. This bill permanently bars federal agencies from requiring defendants to donate money to outside groups as part of settlement agreements, and requires that settlement money goes either directly to victims or to the Treasury. Congressman Goodlatte, the sponsor of this legislation, issued the foll... Read more

The current agricultural guestworker program is unworkable for farmers, buries them in red tape and excessive costs, and must be replaced. Read more

The Congressional Article I Powers Strengthening Act represents Congress’s commitment to an open and transparent government, due regulatory process, and respect for the Constitution. Read more