Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for information on two men convicted in the United States for conspiring with ISIS. In June 2016, Nader Elhuzayel and Muhanad Badawi were convicted of conspiring to provide material support for ISIS, along with other terrorism-related and fraud charges, and recently sentenced to imprisonment for 30 years.  Both men used social media to discuss terrorist attacks and expressed a desire to die as martyrs.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 5422, a bill to ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Chairman Goodlatte: “Today we consider on suspension, H.R.

Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by voice vote an amended version of the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (S.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of theJustice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (S. 2577). Chairman Goodlatte: “On October 30, 2004, President George W.

Washington, D.C. – House and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairmen Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) are requesting the immigration and criminal histories of a man charged in the brutal roadside rape near Fredericksburg, Va., in October. Roberto Carlos Flores Sibrian was arrested November 17 and charged with rape and aggravated sexual battery after he allegedly struck the vehicle of a woman with his car, dragged the driver into a ditch and raped her for two hours. U.S.

Washington, D.C. – Congressional Judiciary Committee leaders are expressing frustration and concern with an Obama Administration plan to admit into the United States an unknown number of refugees who Australia has refused to admit.  The Administration never disclosed to Congress that it was negotiating a deal with Australia, even though it was apparently in the works when Administration officials provided a legally-required consultation to Congress on refug

Washington, D.C. – Members of the bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group traveled to Atlanta, Georgia on November 17-18, 2016 to meet with local community leaders and law enforcement to discuss police accountability, aggression towards law enforcement, and public safety concerns related to these issues.

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) made the following statement on President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Senator Jeff Sessions to be U.S. Attorney General: “I congratulate Senator Sessions on his nomination by President-elect Trump to be the next Attorney General. Our nation’s top law enforcement officer has a solemn duty to ensure the rule of law and protect the American people by executing our laws impartially and fully.