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
05/24/2005	H.R.744	Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2005	05/24/2005 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
05/17/2005	H.R.1821	Flexibility for Champion Schools Act	05/17/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. (All Actions)
03/24/2005	H.Res.63	Congratulating the James Madison University Dukes football team for their outstanding and historic victory in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I-AA Championship Game.	03/24/2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness. (All Actions)
02/16/2005	H.R.516	Class Action Fairness Act of 2005	02/16/2005 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
02/15/2005	H.Res.94	Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Agriculture in the One Hundred Ninth Congress.	02/15/2005 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions)
10/08/2004	H.R.4661	Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2004	10/08/2004 Received in the Senate. (All Actions)
10/06/2004	H.R.775	SAFE for America Act	10/06/2004 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 464. (All Actions)
09/30/2004	H.R.1775	To amend title 36, United States Code, to designate the oak tree as the national tree of the United States.	09/30/2004 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
07/22/2004	H.R.4576	Food Promotion Act of 2004	07/22/2004 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
05/13/2004	H.R.3220	Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2003	05/13/2004 Subcommittee Hearings Held. (All Actions)
04/02/2004	H.R.4041	To waive, in fiscal year 2004, the numerical limitation applicable to a nonimmigrant described in section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, if the employer petitioning on behalf of the nonimmigrant employed such a nonimmigrant in fiscal year 2003, and for other purposes.	04/02/2004 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. (All Actions)
12/10/2003	H.R.3604	Temporary Agricultural Labor Reform Act of 2003	12/10/2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims. (All Actions)
10/29/2003	H.J.Res.74	Recognizing the Agricultural Research Service of the Department of Agriculture on the occasion of its 50th anniversary for the important service it provides to the Nation.	10/29/2003 Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote. (All Actions)
10/22/2003	H.R.3040	Pretrial Detention and Lifetime Supervision of Terrorists Act of 2003	10/22/2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (All Actions)
06/26/2003	H.J.Res.49	Recognizing the important service to the Nation provided by the Foreign Agricultural Service of the Department of Agriculture on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.	06/26/2003 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. (All Actions)
06/12/2003	H.R.1115	Class Action Fairness Act of 2003	06/12/2003 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (All Actions)
02/25/2003	H.Res.93	Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Agriculture in the One Hundred Eighth Congress.	02/25/2003 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. (All Actions)
10/16/2002	H.R.3215	Combating Illegal Gambling Reform and Modernization Act	10/16/2002 PERMISSION TO FILE REPORT - Ms. Ros-Lehtinen asked unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be able to file a supplemental report on H.R. 3215. Agreed to without objection. (All Actions)
10/11/2002	H.Con.Res.411	Recognizing the exploits of the officers and crew of the S.S. Henry Bacon, a United States Liberty ship that was sunk on February 23, 1945.	10/11/2002 Message on Senate action sent to the House. (All Actions)
09/26/2002	H.R.5329	To amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act with respect to public health pesticides.	09/26/2002 Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry. (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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