February 13, 2015 10:51AM 

# Goodlatte on Overcriminalization 

By [Tim Lynch](https://www.cato.org/people/tim-lynch) 

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The new chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Bob Goodlatte (R‑Va), discusses the problem of overcriminalization with Pat Robertson.

For related Cato work, go [here](https://www.cato.org/publications/congressional-testimony/overcriminalization-conductoverfederalization-criminal-law), [here](https://www.cato.org/blog/are-you-criminal-maybe-you-are-dont-know-it), and [here](https://www.cato.org/policy-report/januaryfebruary-2015/too-many-laws-too-many-costs). I discuss the prospects for criminal justice reform in 2015 in this *Washington Examiner* [article](https://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/2015-can-be-year-criminal-justice-reform#kHfzpg:cif).

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