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Washington, D.C.— The House of Representatives today approved the Regulations From the Executive In Need of Scrutiny Act (REINS Act) (H.R. 427) by a vote of 243-165. This bill, sponsored by Congressman Todd Young (R-Iowa.), curbs unnecessary regulations from agencies and holds federal bureaucrats accountable for imposing the heaviest burdens on America's economy.
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today urged Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Johnson to defend the Department’s ability to detain family units who have crossed the border during the ongoing surge at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today unanimously approved the Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2015 (S. 1482). Former House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) is the sponsor of the House version of this legislation, which was reported out of the House Judiciary Committee earlier this month.
Chairman Goodlatte: Mr./Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine America’s growing heroin epidemic.
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 365-16 the Secret Service Improvements Act of 2015 (H.R. 1656). This bipartisan bill – authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) – reforms the United States Secret Service.
Chairman Goodlatte: The Secret Service has two primary missions: criminal investigations and protection of the President, Vice-President, and other dignitaries. As a result, the Secret Service is entrusted with protecting some of our most valuable assets. This is an extremely difficult, high-profile mission in an environment with zero margin for error.
- The Honorable Michael Botticelli, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
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Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Committee’s Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee held a hearing on “Sanctuary Cities: A Threat to Public Safety.” At the hearing, Jim Steinle, the father of Kate Steinle, testified, as well as Sacramento County Sheriff Scott Jones, Jessica Vaughan, the Director of Policy Studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, and Dayton Chief of Police Richard Biehl.
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