Rep Goodlatte Continues Atop House Judiciary Committee

Rep Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) has been reelected by the House Republican Caucus to chair the House Judiciary Committee. The committee oversees some communications issues, particularly related to copyright and intellectual property, splitting oversight with the House Commerce Committee, whose new chair is Rep Greg Walden (R-OR) (outgoing E&C chair Fred Upton (R-MI) was term limited). In other committee election news, as legislators pick leadership for the new Congress seated in January, Rep Frank Pallone (D-NJ) was unanimously elected by his Democratic colleagues to remain ranking member of the House Energy & Commerce Committee.