The other thing I like, in fact, several months ago I introduced a bill to end the absurd catch and release policy where our government has been giving tickets, essentially, to people who enter illegally and then letting them go and show up of their own volition.

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After much speculation on January 10 2008 John Doolittle announced he would finish his current term and not run for re-election. Doolittle defeated Brown getting 49% of the vote to Brown's 46%. Fundraising commissions from Doolittle campaign revenues
Sierra Dominion charges Doolittle's campaign and his Superior California Political Action Committee a fifteen percent commission on any contribution that Julie Doolittle helps bring in.

In the 109th Congress he held a leadership role as the Deputy Whip for the Republican party in the House. John Taylor Doolittle (born October 30 1950) American politician was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009 representing California's 4th congressional district.