Press Releases

Chairman Goodlatte: Eighteen months ago, this Committee commenced a “pattern or practice” investigation into the Justice Department’s mortgage lending settlements.

Washington, D.C.  – The House of Representatives today approved several bills in the jurisdiction of the House Judiciary Committee to curtail international drug trafficking into the United States and combat the opioid epidemic facing our nation.

Washington, D.C.  – The House of Representatives today approved two bills to protect law enforcement officers’ lives by reauthorizing the bulletproof vest program and by ensuring officers are able to defend and protect themselves on and off-duty.

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Chairman Goodlatte: Since 1999, the Bulletproof Vest Program, or BVP, has awarded more than 13,000 jurisdictions a total of $393 million in federal funds for the purchase of over one million bulletproof vests.

Chairman Goodlatte: H.R. 5052, the Opioid Program Evaluation Act, or OPEN Act, is a bill that will require an evaluation of the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Grant Program that will be authorized by H.R.

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Chairman Goodlatte: International drug traffickers are profiting off the misery of American citizens, including our children.  In recent years, our nation has experienced an epidemic of opioid abuse.  A significant part of that epidemic involves the trafficking of illicit heroin across our borders, and into our communities and homes.  Every Member in this chamb