GOODLATTE, ROBERT W.

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GOODLATTE, ROBERT W.
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: 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%; Write a Review

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

Goodlatte Defends Secret Service Improvements Act on House Floor

07/27/2015

Homeland Security

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 Abortion is immoral and should be absolutely restricted, because it kills a human being. And abortion clinics are illegal.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	Strongly Support "Three Strikes" Laws and death penalty are necessary. The stricter punishment we use, the less crimes it occurs.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Oppose The federal government caused the Great Recession, and keeping out of the economy will end it.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Support School choice helps the poor who would otherwise be stuck in failing schools. Vochers for school choice can improce the education.
7. Make voter registration easier	Support Voter ID laws just make it harder for people to vote, but what we should do is to make voting easier.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Support It is necessary to expand military under financial budgets. Only our military are strong enough, our people can live freely enough.
11. Support & expand free trade	Support Free Trade Benefits Consumers and Economy.We should only restrict free trade when it poses a security risk.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Strongly Support It is a basic Constitutional right and expresses the principle of self-defense against violence.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Oppose Further health coverage should be promoted through free market rather than the government.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Oppose We should strictly enforce our immigration laws, and crack down on illegal immigrants that have already in the US by deporting and removing all their social benefits.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Support Human needs come first, but it's ok to use natural resource for sustainable development.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Oppose Women or minorities should fend for themselves rather than relaying on government interventions, because government should not enforce this.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Support Americans should self-determine their retirement funding instead of entrust to the government.

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
09/21/2016	H.R.6100	Protect Family Farms and Businesses Act
09/16/2016	H.R.5999	Global War on Terrorism War Memorial Act
09/15/2016	H.R.5620	VA Accountability First and Appeals Modernization Act of 2016	Passed	Yea
09/13/2016	H.R.1301	Amateur Radio Parity Act of 2016
09/12/2016	H.R.5951	Improving Transparency and Accuracy in Medicare Part D Spending Act
07/14/2016	H.R.5734	Veterans Transplant Coverage Act of 2016
07/14/2016	H.R.2646	Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act of 2016	Passed	Yea
07/14/2016	H.R.1732	Regulatory Integrity Protection Act of 2015	Failed	No
07/14/2016	H.R.24	Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2015
07/13/2016	H.Con.Res.144	Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the American Tree Farm System.
07/13/2016	H.R.4768	Separation of Powers Restoration Act of 2016	Passed	Aye
07/05/2016	H.R.210	Student Worker Exemption Act of 2016
06/16/2016	H.J.Res.95	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to defining and delimiting the exemptions for executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer employees.
06/14/2016	H.Res.776	Expressing support for designation of the month of November as "U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Month", in celebration of the accomplishments and contributions of United States Navy aircraft carriers in defending the freedom of the United States, protecting the security of the Nation and its allies, responding to crisis and spurring technological innovation.
06/13/2016	H.Res.343	Expressing concern regarding persistent and credible reports of systematic, state-sanctioned organ harvesting from non-consenting prisoners of conscience in the People's Republic of China, including from large numbers of Falun Gong practitioners and members of other religious and ethnic minority groups.
05/25/2016	H.R.5203	Visa Integrity and Security Act of 2016
05/20/2016	H.R.4336	An act to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inurnment in Arlington National Cemetery of the cremated remains of certain persons whose service has been determined to be active service.	Passed	Yea
05/18/2016	H.R.4138	To authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recoup relocation expenses paid to or on behalf of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
05/18/2016	H.R.4087	Fair Treatment for Families of Veterans Act
05/16/2016	H.R.5046	Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016	Passed	Yea

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