Press Releases
March 8, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) today released the following joint statement in the wake of the death of Tiffany May Joslyn, Deputy Chief Counsel of the Crime Subcommittee (Democratic staff), who died on Saturday, March 5, 2016:
“We are deeply saddened by the sudden, tragic loss of Tiffany May Joslyn and her brother, Derrick T.
March 4, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Congressman Steve King (R-Iowa) have requested that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) study the cost of crime in the United States to better inform members of the House Judiciary Committee as it continues its bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative.
In 2014, there were nearly 1.2 million violent crimes and 8.3 million property crimes in the United States, generating substantial costs for Americans, communities, and the country.
March 2, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson on his department’s policy that allowed three unlawful, criminal immigrants charged with drunk driving go free.
On February 24, 2016, Esmid Valentine Pedraza was arrested in San Francisco, California, for the murder of Stacey Aguilar. Prior to allegedly committing the murder, Pedraza was reportedly arrested by U.S.
March 2, 2016
Task Force on National Security Releases Mission Statement
March 2, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today held a hearing on “The Encryption Tightrope: Balancing Americans’ Security and Privacy.” At the hearing, members of the House Judiciary Committee closely examined the concerns raised by law enforcement and American technology companies in order to help find a solution that allows law enforcement to effectively enforce the law without harming the competitiveness of U.S. encryption providers or the privacy and security protections it delivers for U.S. citizens. Background on Hearing:
March 2, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The Task Force on Executive Overreach today held its first hearing on “The Original Understanding of the Role of Congress and How Far We’ve Drifted From It.” At the hearing, members heard from several experts and examined the House of Representatives’ legislative and budgetary power and how the executive branch has usurped this over the years.
The Task Force on Executive Overreach is authorized for six months to study the impact the increase in presidential and e
March 2, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: We welcome everyone today to this timely and important hearing on encryption.
Encryption is a good thing. It prevents crime, it prevents terrorist attacks. It keeps our most valuable information safe. Yet it is not used as effectively today as is necessary to protect against the ever increasing sophistication of foreign governments, criminal enterprises and just plain hackers.
We see this manifest almost every week in the reports of losses of massive amounts of our most valuable information from government agencies, retailers, financial institutions, and individuals. From identity theft to the compromising of our infrastructure, to our economic and milit
March 2, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: James Madison wrote in Federalist No.
March 2, 2016
FBI IS INVESTIGATING THE CRIME AS A POSSIBLE TERRORIST ATTACK
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for information about Mohamed Barry, the alien who savagely attacked restaurant patrons with a machete in Columbus, Ohio on February 11, 2016 and was subsequently killed by police.
Media reports indicate that Barry entered the restaurant looking for the owner, an Israeli immigrant, who was not
February 26, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of February 29 –March 4, 2016
TUESDAY, MARCH 1, 201610:00 a.m. | Executive Overreach Task ForceHearing on: The Original Understanding of the Role of Congress and How Far We’ve Drifted From It
Witnesses:
- Mr. Matthew Spalding, Associate Vice President and Dean of Educational Programs Hillsdale College, Allan P. Kirby, Jr. Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship
- Mr. James C.