Bob Goodlatte

The Constitution grants Congress the power to create the Federal courts, and the Supreme Court has long recognized that the prescription of court procedures falls within the legislative function.

I want to join the Ranking Member in congratulating you, thanking you for your many years of service.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

But Congress and the Justice Department must also ensure that the BOP can safely and properly house Federal inmates.

The Department of Justice currently spends a third of its budget housing prisoners, and the Bureau of Prisons population continues to grow, consuming even more taxpayer dollars every year.

When I became Chairman of the Judiciary Committee in January of this year, I said that this Committee would play an active role in advancing an agenda to restore economic prosperity and fiscal responsibility to America.

The number one reason they are closing is the uncertainty caused by the economic environment and they listed Obamacare as their number one concern.

Is it possible that we are going to find that many businesses find the cost-benefit analysis here says it is cheaper to put into the exchanges than it is to continue to provide ever-rising costs of health insurance?

More Government subsidies, it would seem to me, are likely to not result in better price control but actually greater demand not being readily met, resulting in higher prices for health care.

I thank the gentleman from Florida for yielding, and I'm going to support his amendment. I share my colleagues's desire to curb the abuse of agency guidance documents and other agency directives, statements, and actions that too often have…

I just want to point out to the House that the assertion that this does not prevent a filibuster in the Senate is incorrect. If Members would examine pages 12 through 14 of the bill, they will see multiple ways in which procedural motions…

I believe all of the speakers on our side have spoken. I reserve the right to close, and at this time, I await the gentleman's actions. Then I will be happy to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

It is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr. Scalise).

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Rokita).

At this time, it is my pleasure to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Rothfus).

At this time, it's my pleasure to yield 2 minutes on this job-creating legislation to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Smith), a great new member of the House Judiciary Committee,

At this time it's my pleasure to yield 4 minutes to the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Bachus), the chairman of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law.

At this time it is my pleasure to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Indiana (Mr. Young), the sponsor of the legislation.

This opportunity does not come often. I feel as though my entire time in Congress, 18-plus years, has been spent looking for an opening to fix our broken immigration system once and for all.

I have spoken about the fact that as part of the step-by-step approach the House is taking to address immigration reform, we should look at whether we as a Nation should allow this group of young people to stay in the U.S. legally.

I very much appreciate you holding this hearing.

We have a very concerted effort in this Committee to identify all bills that are moving through the Congress

The Supreme Court has stated that mens rea means the concurrence of an evil-meaning mind with an evil-doing hand.

The erosion of the mens rea requirement in Federal law is the most pressing issue facing this Task Force.

Recent Congresses have crafted scores of new federal criminal laws that lack adequate criminal intent requirements.