Press Releases
May 19, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 420-3 the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015 (S. 178) and the bill is now headed to the President’s desk to be signed into law. This comprehensive anti-human trafficking bill provides additional resources to law enforcement and service providers, helps to facilitate human trafficking investigations, criminalizes the demand side of this crime, and strengthens the existing federal criminal laws against trafficking.
May 18, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings for next week.
TUESDAY, MAY 1910:00 a.m. Full CommitteePolicing Strategies for the 21st Century2141 Rayburn House Office Building1:00 p.m. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust LawOngoing Oversight: Monitoring the Activities of the Justice Department’s Civil, Tax and Environment and Natural Resources Divisions and the U.S.
May 18, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: We are here today to consider comprehensive legislation that will help address the scourge of human trafficking generally, and child sex trafficking specifically, that is occurring in every corner of the United States as we stand here today.
According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, sex trafficking is the fastest-growing business of organized crime and the third-largest criminal enterprise in the world.
May 14, 2015
Washington, D.C.— On May 15, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law will hold a hearing to conduct oversight of the antitrust enforcement agencies.
May 14, 2015
Washington, D.C.— The House Judiciary Committee today approved H.R. 758, the Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act (LARA) by a vote of 19-13. Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Congressman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), chief sponsor of LARA, praised the Committee’s approval of the legislation that will reduce frivolous lawsuits in the United States. The bill goes further to impose mandatory sanctions on attorneys who file baseless lawsuits in federal courts.
May 14, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote H. Con. Res. 13, which asks the State Department to recognize the Afghan Taliban as a foreign terrorist organization in order to better protect national security. The Afghan Taliban provided a safe haven for al-Qaeda until U.S.
May 14, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled “Policing Strategies for the 21st Century”. This hearing will examine police accountability, aggression towards law enforcement, public safety concerns related to these issues, and solutions to address these problems.
Witnesses for Tuesday’s hearing include:
Witnesses for Tuesday’s hearing include:
May 14, 2015
Washington, D.C.—The House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 526, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act of 2015 (FACT Act), by a vote of 19-9.
The FACT Act reduces fraud in the asbestos bankruptcy trust system through increased transparency measures. These measures ensure that asbestos bankruptcy trusts have the tools to combat fraud, which limits funds available for asbestos victims. The FACT Act is a measured approach that strikes the proper balance between achieving transparency and protecting victims’ privacy.
May 14, 2015
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) issued the following statement Thursday urging the Senate to take up and pass the USA Freedom Act of 2015:
May 14, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General today issued a report on the events of March 4, 2015 in which two Secret Service agents suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol disrupted an active bomb investigation at the White House Complex. In its report, the IG concludes that it was more likely than not that the two agents’ judgment was impaired by alcohol, noting that the two agents had just spent the last five hours in a bar and one of the agents ran up a significant bar tab.