it's not a popular and important thing for them and also bob goodlatt, you're talking about expanding the republican tent, bob goodlatt, at the same breakfast that you saw him at this morning seems like they're not expanding their tent, they're actually pushing the people out the politics leaves me curious at the moment. >> speaking of the politics, bob king of new york tells fox news whatever we do as far as immigration cannot in tbhi way any way way allowed to interfere. why do it through homeland security because of the attacks in paris and especially if the senate won't pass it and the president will veto it even if the senate does pass it. >> some of these trump judgment simple as that. and peter king long island congressman from obviously outside new york you know, is no like card carrying liberal or anything. pretty conservative republican and he sees the juxtaposition here a terrible one the timing absolutely terrible and to the notion of defunding that department which is not going to happen, you know, may be red meat for some folks on the right. but it's practically pretty s

we're joined by congressman bob goodlatte, chairman of the house judiciary committee. mr. chairman, good to have you with us. >> good afternoon. >> i would like to go through a few chronological issues here. the invitation of netanyahu is a stirring moment of maneuver on the part of the speaker. and the white house obviously left dumbfounded, flat footed as a result. your thoughts? >> well, first of all, you look at this president's state of the union address yesterday and you say, there he goes again. this speech was chock full of things that the american people didn't vote for in november. mistrust. overregulation of the economy. putting a burden on american families. taking away the college savings tax benefits that millions of american families rely upon to send their children to college. in the midst of that, he issues four veto threats when he is supposedly coming to the congress to talk about working with the congress for the benefit of the american people. they don't buy it. we didn't buy it. the speaker didn't buy it. so i think that the invitation, which i'm so p

included vice president joe biden house minority leader nancy pelosi, attorney general eric holder, bob goodlatte, and assistant minority leader james clyburn. this is just under one hour. >> i guess we will go ahead. that's even better. we

speakers included vice president joe biden, nancy pelosi, attorney general eric holder, congressman bob goodlatte, and james clybourn. this is just under an hour. >> i guess we will go ahead -- that's even better -- will get started. i assume everyone has a program. when it gets too loud, i will stop. we have waited a long time for this. look around the room. look at the portraits. it's going to be very interesting to have the congressman looking over at all of these individuals and these individuals looking over the congressman. i'm going to get started right away as we should start. that is with invocation. our good friend dr. wendell anthony who is not only the president of the detroit double naacp -- if you could come forward and give the invocation. thank you. >> thank you. good afternoon everybody. the longest-serving congressman in the history of the u.s. congress. [applause] for the historic occasion by which we have gathered and for those of us who live in detroit, we are proud of this individual who has led the way for so many. and congressman conyers was the chair of the house judiciar

in the house is voted out four bills from the house judiciary committee chaired by congressman bob goodlattederate reform of illegal immigration and border security. this same speaker who is in a twist on free trade promotion and the president's executive fiat won't support and lead on those four bills which would put the republican party at forefront of the debate and move the country forward, why not? >> i can't answer that, lou, but if he sees some wisdom in what he's doing, i hope he's right. one way or another, they do have to block the executive actions, because it sets a precedent that will never be undone. lou: and so what are we to do? shall we regard this gesture today, the passing of this legislation to be symbolic? is it something less than that? because this bill the senate says, will not pass and the president says he won't sign it, he'll veto if it does get to his desk. >> maybe it's symbolic, they have to do it. if they have the votes they have to do it. i don't know what the alternative is. >> i'm not either, but i'm not paid to do that. john boehner is the republican leader

included vice president joe biden house minority leader nancy pelosi, attorney general eric holder, bob goodlatte, and assistant minority leader james clyburn. this is just under one hour. >> i guess we will go ahead. that's even better. we will go ahead and get started. i'm going to assume everyone has a program. when it gets a little too loud i'm going to stop. because this is a very important occasion. we have waited a long time for this. all you have to do is look around the room at the portraits, and it's going to be very interesting to have the congressman looking over at all these individuals and all these individuals looking over at the congress. i'm bill madison with serious xm radio, the american view. i will get started right away, as we should start. that is, with the invitation. our good friend, the right reverend dr. wendell anthony who is not only president of the detroit naacp but also and most importantly the pastor of the great fellowship chapel, if he would come forward and give us indication -- invocation. >> thank you, joe. let me say, good afternoon to everybody. i do want t

[inaudible conversations] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> we would like to welcome chairman bob goodlatte. it as well as others. chairman goodlatte earned his bachelor's degree in maine where he served as president of new college republicans and he came to virginia to attend law school. the congressman practiced law from 1981 until his election to congress on his first try in 1992, part of his law press practice included immigration law. in addition to chairing the judiciary committee, he also served on the house all the culture committee where he was chairman from 2003 until 2000 evan. he is interested in technology issues and serving as cochair of the congressional internet congress and the working group for that. he has a biography and we now is always on the record here request at no live blogging or tweeted. we will e-mail several pictures of the session to all of the appropriate people as soon as the breakfast ends. please do the traditional thing. i will happily call on who we can when available. so maybe a bit longer than our usual three or four minutes of opening come after that w

bob goodlatte of virginia, is the chairman of the house judiciary committee, telling reporters todayoesn't think any changes to the voting rights act are needed right now. even without what the supreme court took out of it, the voting rights act still provides the protections it needs to provide. goodlatte voted to reinstate the voting rights act. it's changed a lot in the last nine years. it doesn't look like there will be any fixes to the voting rights act for the next two years. at least. we needed 30 new hires for our call center. i'm spending too much time hiring and not enough time in my kitchen. need to hire fast? go to ziprecruiter.com and post your job to over 30 of the web's leading job boards with a single click; then simply select the best candidates from one easy to review list. you put up one post and the next day you have all these candidates. makes my job a lot easier. over 100,000 businesses have already used zip recruiter and now you can use zip recruiter for free at a special site for tv viewers; go to ziprecruiter.com/offer99. [ male announcer ] you wouldn't leave

bob goodlatte of virginia whose last visit with the group was engendered turning them at the table is mary ellen, his wife and a named partner in a roanoke, virginia, law firm. chairman goodlatte is a massachusetts native who earned his back to the greek and main reasons as president of the college or republicans but he came to virginia to attend law school in washington and lee university. after law school these are two years as this egg director for congressman butler and then practiced law in roanoke from 81 until his election on his first try in 1992. part of his law practice included immigration law. in addition to chairing the judiciary committee, representative goodlatte also served on the house agricultural committee where he was chairman from 2003-2007. he is interested in technology issues, serving as co-chair of the congressional internet caucus and chairman of the house republican technology working group. so much for biography, now onto the exciting matters of process. as always we are on the record no live blogging or tweeting. in short no filing of any kind while the br

bob goodlatte outlined his committee's issues. he said that on immigration, republicans will take a quote step by step approach. >> thanks for coming. house judiciary committee chairman bob goodlatte. joining him is his wife and a named parter in a law firm. he is a massachusetts native who earned his bachelor's agree in maine. he came to virginia to attend law school. after law school, he served two years as district director for a congressman and practiced law in virginia from 1981 until his election to congress in 1992. in addition to chairing the judiciary committee, representative goodlatte serves on the house agriculture committee where he was chairman from 2003 to 2007. he is interested in technology issues serving as co-chair of the congressional internet caucus and chairman of the house republican technology working group. now onto the exciting matters of process. we are on the record. no live blogging or tweeting, no filing of any kind while the breakfast is under way so you can listen to what the guest says. we will ema

bob goodlatte of virginia is the chairman of the house judiciary committee, telling reporters today hehanges to the voting rights act are needed right now. even without what the supreme court took out of it the voting rights act still provides the protections it needs to provide. goodlatte voted to reinstate the voting rights act. it's changed a lot in the last nine years. it doesn't look like there will be any fixes to the voting rights act for the next two years. at least. major: ok fitness class! here's our new trainer ensure active heart health. crowd: yayyyy! heart: i'm going to focus on the heart. i minimize my sodium and fat... gotta keep it lean and mean. pear: uh-oh. heart: i maximize good stuff like my potassium... and phytosterols, which may help lower cholesterol. major: i'm feeling energized already. new delicious ensure active heart health supports your heart and body, so you stay active and strong. ensure. take life in. [coughing] dave, i'm sorry to interrupt... i gotta take a sick day tomorrow. dads don't take sick days, dads take nyquil. the nighttime, sniffling sneezi

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later the chair of the house judiciary committee bob goodlatte on some of the priorities of his committee. >> our guests this sunday on? takes place on sundays that sunday. >> we have drugs that were given to people who are hiv-infected if someone comes in and i could show you this in the early '80s, if someone came and to my clinic with aids the median survival would be six to eight months and half of them would be dead in eight months. now it is tomorrow when someone comes into the clinic, when someone who is recently infected, put them on the commendation of three drugs. i can accurately predict look in the eye and saying that we can take your medicine regularly you can live an additional 55 years. so to go from knowing that 50% of the people are going to die in eight months knowing that if you take your medicine and you could live as centrally a normal lifespan and just a little bit a few years less than normal that is a huge advance. >> sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern and pacific on "q&a." >> david cameron spoke on wednesday about the attack on a french newspaper last week. his com

i also want to thank bob goodlatte who has been a very strong proponent of this legislation. mrs.carolyn maloney, mr. poe of texas, ms. mccollum and mr. yoho. mr. speaker, there is no higher duty or responsibility of government than to protect children from violence and predatory behavior. we have a duty

i also want to thank bob goodlatte who has been a very strong proponent of this legislation. mrs. carolyn maloney, mr. poe of texas, ms. mccollum and mr. yoho. mr. speaker, there is no higher duty or responsibility of government than to protect children from violence and predatory behavior. we have a duty to protect the weakest and the most vulnerable. the international megan's law to prevent demand for child sex trafficking, or h.r. 515, will protect children from sex tourism by notifying countries when convicted pedophiles plan to travel. to protect american children, the bill encourages the president to use bilateral agreements and assistance to establish reciprocal notification so we'll know when convicted child sex offenders are coming here. mr. speaker, i actually got the idea of international megan's law in a conversation with a trafficking in persons delegation from thailand ri a meeting in my office in 2007. i asked the thai officials what would they do if we were to notify them of travel by a convicted pedophile. each of the dozen officials said they would bar entry into

one republican member of leadership is bob goodlatte chairman of the house judiciary committee, republican from virginia. he wrote a recent piece about looking ahead to the 114th congress. "as the house of representatives and the senate kick off the 114 there are opportunities to work together for the american people. in recent years, many house passed jobs bills have run into the washington version of quicksand known as the united states senate. fortunately, in november the american people delivered a clear message to washington. they are more interested in results than the latest filibuster. i look forward to working with my colleagues in the house as well as incoming majority leader mcconnell in the senate to see important legislation moved through congress this year. while we have made small strikes and having federal spending, much more must be done to get the united states' fiscal house in order. the $18 trillion national debt threatens to bankrupt future generations and further stalled the already sluggish economy." looking ahead to the opening of the 114th congress. idaho falls, id