Press Releases
May 10, 2016
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. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) praised the passage of these bills in the statement below.
Chairman Goodlatte: “This week, we honor our nation’s law enforcement officers who paid the ultimate sacrifice. As officers put their lives on the line every day for their fellow citizens, we must ensure that we provide them with resources to protect them as they serve communities across the United States.
May 10, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Mr.
May 10, 2016
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. The bulletproof vest grant program is a critical resource for state and local jurisdictions that has been proven to save lives.
We must be sure that our law enforcement officers are protected from the risks inherent in the job. In 2016 alone, there have been 17 police officers killed by gunfire. In March, a bulletproof vest saved the life of Officer Andy Harris, who was shot when he responded to a shots fired call.
May 10, 2016
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.
May 10, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: H.R.
May 10, 2016
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 chamber today has heard a heartbreaking story about a constituent, or a constituent’s child, who has been lost to this scourge.
The irony, Mr.
May 6, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of May 9-13, 2016.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1110:15 a.m. | Full Committee MarkupH.R. 5063, the “Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016”
2141 Rayburn House Office BuildingTHURSDAY, MAY 1210:00 a.m. | Executive Overreach Task ForceHearing on: Executive Overreach in Foreign Affairs
Witnesses:
- Mr.
May 6, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., the Task Force on Executive Overreach will hold a hearing titled, “Executive Overreach in Foreign Affairs.” At the hearing, members of the task force will examine several instances in which President Obama has stretched the constitutional limits placed on his authority or simply ignored the law in foreign affairs.
For example, President Obama failed to provide Congress with documents required under the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act of 2015 in his administration’s implementation of the Iran d
May 3, 2016
Administration’s enforcement priorities on paper contradict policies in practice
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed top officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about its catch and release policy that directly contradicts the Obama Administration’s immigration enforcement priorities.
April 28, 2016
Mothers who lost their children at the hands of criminal aliens tell their storiesWashington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today released a video on the real costs of the Obama Administration’s lack of immigration enforcement.