If you like to listen to music digitally through, say, Pandora or Spotify, you may soon find a wider range of artists available through your favorite streaming service. For this, you have an unlikely person to thank: U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Roanoke County. In his capacity as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Goodlatte most often makes the news in conjunction with the big, polarizing questions of the day — immigration, special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, the politicizatio...
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Roughly every five years, Congress passes a Farm Bill – legislation that affects every aspect of America’s agricultural industry. From programs for farmers and ranchers and shifts in trade policy to conservation efforts and nutrition assistance, the Farm Bill is a vital piece of legislation that touches every single American. But an often glanced-over title in this legislation is rural development, and this year’s bill puts an emphasis on improving access to broadband in rural America, including...
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Yesterday, Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) joined several national news programs to discuss the Securing America’s Future Act. This bill bolsters enforcement of existing immigration law, makes important reforms to our legal immigration programs, secures the border, and provides a legislative solution for the current beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Fox News @ Night with Shannon Bream Click here to watch. Cavuto: Coast to Coast on Fox Business Click he...
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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...
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We have an opportunity to reform one of the intelligence community's most important national security tools to ensure it protects lives and civil liberties.
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Once a child is capable of responding to stimuli or feeling pain, there is no question that that child is a human being, deserving of dignity and the right to life.
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Today, an op-ed by Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, appeared in Farm Policy Facts on the need to reform our nation’s agricultural guestworker program so that American farmers and ranchers have access to a reliable workforce when not enough Americans can be found to fill the jobs. Goodlatte soon plans to introduce a bill, the Agricultural Guestworker Act, to replace the H-2A program with a reliable, efficient, and fair program and provide American farm...
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Over the weekend, a piece by Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, ran in The Roanoke Times on the special counsel’s investigation. The full text can be found below or by clicking here: The Roanoke Times: Goodlatte: The public has the right to know all of the facts Bob Goodlatte, a Republican from Roanoke County, represents the 6th Congressional District. He is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. Sep 3, 2017 In May, the Deputy Attorney General at the D...
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