• GOODLATTE, ROBERT W.
Experience: House: District 6, 1993-Present
Home State: Virginia
Running: President, United States, 2016
Total Raised: $1,458,760Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016
Winning: Won with 0.00%
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Personal

    Full Name: Robert 'Bob' W. Goodlatte
    Gender: Male
    Family: Wife: Maryellen; 2 Children: Jennifer, Rob
    Birth Date: 09/22/1952
    Birth Place: Holyoke, MA
    Home City: Roanoke, VA
    Religion: Christian Scientist

Education

    JD, Washington and Lee University School of Law, 1977
    BA, Government, Bates College, 1974

Political Experience

    Representative, United States House of Representative, 1992-present
    Republican Assistant Whip, United States House of Representatives
    Chair, Roanoke City Republican Committee, 1980-1983

Current Legislative Committees

    Agriculture, Member
    Judiciary, Chair
    Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit, Member
    Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight and Nutrition, Member
    Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

    Former Ranking Member, Antitrust Task Force, United States House of Representatives
    Member, Congressional Caucus on Adoption
    Member, Congressional Fire Services Caucus
    Member, Congressional International Anti-Piracy Caucus
    Co-Chair, Congressional Internet Caucus
    Member, Congressional Missing and Exploited Children's Caucus
    Chair, House Committee on the Judiciary
    Chair, House Republican High Technology Working Group
    Member, House Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit
    Former Chair, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, and the Internet, United States House of Representatives
    Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on the Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, United States House of Representatives
    Former Ranking Member, Task Force on Judicial Impeachment, United States House of Representatives
    Vice Chair, United States House Committee on Agriculture
    Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy and Research, United States House of Representatives, 2009-2010
    Chair, United States House Committee on Agriculture, 2003-2007
    Chair, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, United States House of Representatives, 1997-2003
    Chair, Virginia Republican Committee, 6th District, 1983-1988

Professional Experience

    Partner, Bird, Kinder, and Huffman, 1981-1992
    Attorney, Private Law Practice, 1979-1981
    District Director, Congressman Caldwell Butler, 1977-1979

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

    Member, Advisory Council, Building Better Boards
    Member, Fishburn Park Elementary School, Parent Teachers Association (PTA)
    Member, Rural Health Care Coalition
    President, Civitan Club, Roanoke, 1989-1990
Total: 3
Bob Goodlatte: House takes first step to stop sanctuary cities

It could have been any one of our children. That’s the unsettling realization that Jim Steinle’s testimony before a House Judiciary panel brought to mind.

07/24/2015
Augusta Free Press
Bob Goodlatte wants answers from Loretta Lynch on Obama drug pardons
07/14/2015
By Maggie Ybarra | The Washington Times
General Survey
Issue Title Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right

Strongly Oppose
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime

Strongly Support
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy

Strongly Oppose
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery

Strongly Oppose
6. Vouchers for school choice

Support
7. Make voter registration easier

Support
8. Prioritize green energy

Strongly Oppose
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military

Support
11. Support & expand free trade

Support
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership

Strongly Support
14. Expand ObamaCare

Oppose
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

Strongly Oppose
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive

Support
17. Keep God in the public sphere

Strongly Support
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities

Strongly Oppose
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage

Strongly Oppose
20. Privatize Social Security

Strongly Support
Total: 184
Introduced Date Bill Number Bill Title Last Action
06/08/2017 H.Con.Res.33 Designating the George C. Marshall Museum and George C. Marshall Research Library in Lexington, Virginia, as the National George C. Marshall Museum and Library. 06/08/2017 Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.  (All Actions)
05/22/2017 H.R.2407 United States Citizenship and Immigration Services Authorization Act 05/22/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.  (All Actions)
05/22/2017 H.R.2406 Immigration and Customs Enforcement Authorization Act of 2017 05/22/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security.  (All Actions)
04/27/2017 H.R.1695 Register of Copyrights Selection and Accountability Act of 2017 04/27/2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.  (All Actions)
03/30/2017 H.R.732 Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017 03/30/2017 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 43.  (All Actions)
03/29/2017 H.R.5 Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 03/29/2017 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.  (All Actions)
03/17/2017 H.R.1315 RFS Reform Act of 2017 03/17/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.  (All Actions)
03/17/2017 H.R.1314 Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act 03/17/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.  (All Actions)
03/13/2017 H.R.985 Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2017 03/13/2017 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.  (All Actions)
03/02/2017 H.R.843 See Something, Say Something About Violent Behavior Act of 2017 03/02/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.  (All Actions)
02/23/2017 H.R.954 To remove the use restrictions on certain land transferred to Rockingham County, Virginia, and for other purposes. 02/23/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.  (All Actions)
02/13/2017 H.Res.119 Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on the Judiciary in the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress. 02/13/2017 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.  (All Actions)
02/08/2017 H.R.522 Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017 02/08/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.  (All Actions)
01/11/2017 H.J.Res.2 Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 01/11/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.  (All Actions)
01/11/2017 H.J.Res.1 Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States. 01/11/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.  (All Actions)
01/05/2017 H.R.45 Regulatory Accountability Act of 2017 01/05/2017 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.  (All Actions)
01/03/2017 H.R.29 Tax Code Termination Act 01/03/2017 Referred to House Rules  (All Actions)
12/23/2016 H.R.3713 Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 12/23/2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 698.  (All Actions)
12/16/2016 H.R.6130 Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery Act of 2016 12/16/2016 Became Public Law No: 114-308. (TXT | PDF)  (All Actions)
09/26/2016 H.R.5992 American Job Creation and Investment Promotion Reform Act of 2016 09/26/2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.  (All Actions)
Total: 2638
Date Bill Number Bill Title Result Vote
06/02/1993 H.R.2326 Bankruptcy Amendments of 1993
05/28/1993 H.J.Res.206 To designate the month of October 1993 and October 1994 as "National Down Syndrome Awareness Month".
05/27/1993 H.R.2307 Workers' Political Rights Act
05/19/1993 H.Res.175 Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require open committee meetings and to allow the broadcasting and still photography of any committee meetings or hearings that are open to the public.
05/18/1993 H.Con.Res.6 Expressing the sense of the Congress that increasing the effective rate of taxation by lowering the estate tax exemption would devastate homeowners, farmers and small business owners, further hindering the creation of jobs and economic growth.
05/11/1993 H.R.2059 To rescind unused funds resulting from the abolition of the Select Committees on Aging; Children, Youth and Families; Hunger; and Narcotics Abuse and Control.
05/04/1993 H.R.1939 Grower-Donated Commodities Act of 1993
05/03/1993 H.R.1887 Food Stamp Anti-Fraud Act of 1993
04/29/1993 H.R.159 Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 1993
04/29/1993 H.R.24 Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 1993
04/16/1993 H.R.1518 To repeal the Service Contract Act of 1965.
04/05/1993 H.R.1620 To prohibit direct Federal financial benefits and unemployment benefits for illegal aliens and to end Federal mandates for States to provide benefits for illegal aliens.
04/02/1993 H.Res.151 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the income tax imposed on social security benefits should not be increased.
04/02/1993 H.R.1505 To require a 25-percent reduction in appropriations for the legislative branch of the Government.
03/31/1993 H.R.1443 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to businesses which mine metallurgical coal and are required to make contributions to the UMWA Combined Benefit Fund created by the Energy Policy Act of 1992.
03/31/1993 H.R.1428 To rescind funds appropriated for the Select Committee on Aging, the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families, the Select Committee on Hunger, and the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, effective April 1, 1993.
03/30/1993 H.R.1483 National Defense Stockpile Modernization Act of 1993
03/29/1993 H.R.1487 To limit the amounts obligated or expended for fiscal year 1994 for travel expenses for officers and employees of the Federal Government.
03/29/1993 H.R.1423 Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act of 1993
03/25/1993 H.Con.Res.74 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the energy tax proposed by the President will harm the economy and should not be approved.
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