Goodlatte Floor Statement on Veto Override of JASTA

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September 28, 2016

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Floor Statement of Chairman Bob Goodlatte on the Veto Override of S. 2040, the "Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act"

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Washington, D.C. - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today delivered the following statement on the floor of the House of Representatives supporting the veto override of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act.

Chairman Goodlatte: Earlier today, the Senate voted 97 to 1 to override the President's veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act. I rise to urge my colleagues to follow the Senate's action and vote to override this veto so that Americans may seek judicial redress against any foreign government that chooses to sponsor a terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

The question that this veto override vote poses is whether we should allow those who harm our citizens to hide behind legal barriers that are required by neither the Constitution nor international law or whether we should permit U.S. victims to hold those...