Incoming House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., named the...
Incoming House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., named the returning and new GOP members of the committee for the 113th Congress Thursday. Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., served on the committee until 2007, when he “took a leave of absence”…
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to serve as ranking member and then chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Goodlatte’s office said in a statement. Bachus is known in Internet policy circles for his strong opposition to legalizing online gambling. New members already in Congress are Reps. Blake Farenthold of Texas, a former computer and Web design consultant, and Raul Labrador of Idaho. Incoming freshmen are Reps. Doug Collins of Georgia; Ron DeSantis of Florida, a former federal prosecutor; George Holding of North Carolina, former staffer to the late Sen. Jesse Helms and a U.S. attorney who prosecuted child porn cases; and Keith Rothfus of Pennsylvania, a former Homeland Security Department official. Goodlatte’s office said the assignments, recommended by the House Republican Steering Committee, are expected to be approved by the Republican Conference and full House when the 113th Congress convenes in January. House Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich., separately congratulated incoming committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee on her appointment to the House Budget Committee. Her “tenure and experience” on Commerce “will be an asset in the pursuit of important entitlement reforms that will help rein in the debt,” Upton’s office said.