Judiciary Committee

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** FILE ** Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously injured in a mass shooting that killed six people in Tucson, Ariz., in 2011, sits with her husband, Mark Kelly, a retired astronaut, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, before speaking before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on what lawmakers should do to curb gun violence in the wake of the December shooting rampage that killed 20 schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Republican, is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Virginia Republican and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Tuesday led the joint reading of the U.S. Constitution by about 75 members of Congress. (Associated Press)

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Judge Robert H. Bork, nominated by President Reagan to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, is sworn before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill for his confirmation hearing on Sept. 15, 1987. (AP Photo/John Duricka)

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“Delay for delay’s sake is wrong and should end.” - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** FBI Director Robert Mueller confers with an aide on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 16, 2012, prior to testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing: "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation." (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Sen. Arlen Specter (center, facing camera), Pennsylvania Republican and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, swears in Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito (back to camera) on Jan. 9, 2006, during his confirmation hearing before the committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

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Republican Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, is charging that the Obama administration has “falsified” deportation records to artificially boost numbers by adding Border Patrol apprehensions to the total. (Associated Press)