Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Bob Goodlatte [R, VA-6]

This Week in Immigration: SJC Sends Immigration Reform to the Floor

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...rhetoric is harsh in the House, so expect this bill to be more conservative than S.744. In the meantime, the Rep. Bob Goodlatte is not satisfied with S.744 and House Judiciary Committee is still working on its piecemeal approach to immigration reform. O

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Hey, Congress: It's comprehensive immigration reform or nothing

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...up to 500,000 foreign workers. History shows that the piecemeal approach to immigration reform doesn’t work. For example, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R) of Virginia has put forth a bill to create a nonimmigrant H-2C work visa program for agricultural workers.

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Inspector general to review flawed Milwaukee ATF sting

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...the inspector general, whose office does independent investigations, was sent to U.S. Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.). It was obtained Monday by the Journal Sentinel Sensenbrenner, Goodlatte and others have demanded that ATF r

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Cuccinelli and team hit Washington at Roanoke rally

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...by Roanoke Regional Airport today. midway through a three-day statewide tour. (The story is here.) Besides the candidates, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Roanoke County, and Republican party chair Pat Mullins also reminded the Republican-leaning crowd that Virgi

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Va. Republicans set to nominate statewide ticket for 2013

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...Richmond. Attendees will hear from governors Bill Haslam of Tennessee and Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, and Virginia Rep. Robert W. “Bob” Goodlatte and House Majority Leader Eric I. Cantor at a breakfast Saturday morning before reconvening at the Richm

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Senate, House Battle Over Immigration Bills

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...the Senate bill but they share the committee with liberals such as New York Rep. Jerry Nadler. And Judiciary’s chairman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), has said he prefers dealing with immigration one step at a time, instead of the Senate’s all-inclusi

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House Immigration Bill Begins to Emerge

2013-05-18T01:00:00Z

...group said they were confident that their bill would survive an airing in the House Judiciary Committee, whose chairman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R., Va.), has already started considering a series of smaller immigration bills on a piecemeal basis.Rep. Mario

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Paragraph of the day

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...denizens of the Republican monkeyhouse. By the end of it, Gohmert was hollering incoherently, and the committee chairman, Bob Goodlatte (R-Venti) looked like he would liked have very much to have Gohmert sedated and sent to a quiet farm in Alberta for a

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Terrorists board planes under witness program

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...bombing. "This is gross mismanagement - pure and simple - that jeopardizes American lives and cannot be tolerated," said Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. "This lack of inter- agency information sharing appears to

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Goodlatte encourages House group on comprensive immigration bill

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...by Reps. John Carter, R-Texas, and Luis Gutierrez, D-Ill., say they’ve reached agreement on a comprehensive package. While Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Roanoke County, who’s got a big voice in the issue as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, has repeatedl

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House Will Keep Approaching Immigration From Two Angles

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...to ABC/Univision from an aide in the House Judiciary Committee, which oversees immigration legislation and is chaired by Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.): "The House Judiciary Committee welcomes all ideas and proposals to fix our broken immigration system and

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Opinion: On its own, E-Verify places too heavy a burden on small businesses

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...immigration reform proposals. But instead of taking up a comprehensive package like the Senate, House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC), and Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) have floated a stand-alone bill that would make the E-Ver

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Anything but dull

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...IP is not going away,” he warned. Yesterday’s hearing was the first that the Judiciary Committee held after its chairman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, announced last month that he was beginning a review of the country’s copyright law. The hearing featured

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Ag amendment breaks some eggs

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...Fathers opposed,” King told his colleagues Wednesday night. And the Iowa conservative had the all-important backing of Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), who not only sits on Agriculture but also chairs the House Judiciary Committee and happens to be a lawye

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Watt's grandson steals spotlight at Holder hearing

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...from the crowd, "Just for everybody's information, this is my grandson." The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Bob Goodlatte also acknowledged the baby before moving on saying, "And a very effective line of questioning, and particularly on the p

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SCATHING REPORT: Watchdog Says DOJ Lost Track of Possible Terrorists

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...to a watchdog report which fueled criticism of the administration. "This is gross mismanagement -- pure and simple," Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said in a statement. "Therefore, it was possible for known or susp

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Louie Gohmert Defends His Asparagus. (No, Really.)

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...allegations would not be taken seriously as facts, and called for a point of personal privilege to defend his honor. Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) noted Gohmert's time had expired but had Holder state again why he considered what Gohmert had said was u

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Louie Gohmert Gets Pantsed

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

House immigration group gropes for deal

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...the eventual prospect of citizenship for millions. As the House group has bogged down, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., separately has moved forward with individual, narrowly focused bills on immigration, including one on workpla

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AG raked over coals on AP spy

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...as labor secretary, over Perez’s handling of a fraud case. The two talked over each other as Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-GOP) attempted to referee. Holder called Issa’s questioning “unacceptable” and “shameful.” geoff.earle

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