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

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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
11/10/2011	H.R.704	SAFE for America Act	11/10/2011 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 185. (All Actions)
10/21/2011	H.R.1439	Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2011	10/21/2011 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 173. (All Actions)
10/07/2011	H.R.3098	Renewable Fuel Standard Elimination Act	10/07/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. (All Actions)
10/07/2011	H.R.3097	Renewable Fuel Standard Flexibility Act	10/07/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power. (All Actions)
09/08/2011	H.R.2552	Identity Theft Improvement Act of 2011	09/08/2011 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 130. (All Actions)
08/25/2011	H.R.2511	Innovative Design Protection and Piracy Prevention Act	08/25/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet. (All Actions)
06/23/2011	H.Con.Res.62	To commemorate the 75th anniversary of the dedication of Shenandoah National Park.	06/23/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. (All Actions)
06/23/2011	H.J.Res.1	Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.	06/23/2011 Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 49. (All Actions)
04/07/2011	H.R.1372	Virginia Access to Energy Act	04/07/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. (All Actions)
01/26/2011	H.R.462	Tax Code Termination Act	01/26/2011 Referred to House Rules (All Actions)
07/26/2010	H.R.5408	Identity Theft Improvement Act of 2010	07/26/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions)
04/22/2010	H.Res.1289	Expressing the sense of the House that Democratic Members of the House should join Republican Members of the House in a total ban on earmarks for one year, that total discretionary spending should be reduced by the amount saved by earmark moratoriums, and that a bipartisan, bicameral committee should be created to review and overhaul the budgetary, spending, and earmark processes.	04/22/2010 Referred to House Rules (All Actions)
04/01/2010	H.R.4942	VA Energy Act	04/01/2010 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment. (All Actions)
08/19/2009	H.Res.473	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that judicial determinations regarding the meaning of the Constitution of the United States should not be based on judgments, laws, or pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the original meaning of the Constitution of the United States.	08/19/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. (All Actions)
06/12/2009	H.R.2305	Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act of 2009	06/12/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law. (All Actions)
02/11/2009	H.R.982	Tax Code Termination Act	02/11/2009 Referred to House Rules (All Actions)
02/09/2009	H.J.Res.1	Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.	02/09/2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. (All Actions)
11/19/2008	H.R.5648	Emergency Wildland Fire Response Act of 2008	11/19/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. (All Actions)
09/11/2008	H.R.6872	Presidential Historical Records Preservation Act of 2008	09/11/2008 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. (All Actions)
08/08/2008	H.R.6781	To authorize the State of Virginia to petition for authorization to conduct natural gas or crude oil (or both) exploration and extraction activities in any area that is at least 50 miles beyond the coastal zone of the State, and for other purposes.	08/08/2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. (All Actions)

Total: 2638

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
06/13/2017	H.R.2899	To reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007.
06/13/2017	H.R.2893	To amend the Natural Gas Act to bolster fairness and transparency in consideration of interstate natural gas pipelines, to provide for greater public input opportunities, and for other purposes.
06/13/2017	H.R.1215	Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017
06/12/2017	H.R.2887	To regulate certain State impositions on interstate commerce.
06/08/2017	H.R.2851	To amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify how controlled substance analogues are to be regulated, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017	H.R.2826	To provide for an annual adjustment of the number of admissible refugees, and for other purposes.
05/22/2017	H.R.1973	Protecting Young Victims from Sexual Abuse Act of 2017
05/22/2017	H.R.1188	Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.R.2266	Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2017
05/16/2017	H.R.2431	Michael Davis, Jr. and Danny Oliver in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act
05/03/2017	H.R.1180	Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017	Passed	Aye
05/02/2017	H.R.1242	400 Years of African-American History Commission Act
05/01/2017	H.R.2004	Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act
04/24/2017	H.R.1795	DUE PROCESS Act of 2017
04/06/2017	H.R.1667	Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2017
04/05/2017	H.R.1384	Reserve Component Benefits Parity Act
04/05/2017	H.R.659	Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2017
03/30/2017	H.R.1431	EPA Science Advisory Board Reform Act of 2017	Passed	Aye
03/30/2017	H.R.1430	HONEST Act	Passed	Aye
03/29/2017	H.R.33	Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2017

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