Press Releases
Chairman Goodlatte: While it goes without saying that the growth of the Internet and smartphones has proved to be of great value in many aspects of our lives, these tools can also be used by criminals to facilitate the commercial sexual exploitation of children and other victims by providing an easy way for pimps, or traffickers, to market child sex trafficking victims to those who seek to do them harm. With just a click of a button, individuals can now use websites to advertise, schedule, and purchase sexual encounters with minors, just like they would use these services to hire a ride home.
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 527, the Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015,by a vote of 19-8. House Judiciary Committee Member and Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-Ohio) is the chief sponsor of the bill. The bill passed the House of Representatives last Congress.
Chairman Goodlatte: Few nightmares equal the terrible reality that thousands of American children awake to each day. Held against their will, before the day is out they will be forced to share perhaps a dozen strangers’ beds, and be subjected to arbitrary violence for any real or imagined infraction.
Child sex trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in our country and we must update our laws to combat it. H.R. 181, the “Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015,” is a targeted effort to deploy our law enforcement and social resources against the very worst offenders: those who sexually exploit children and other vulnerable victims.
Washington, D.C. – Today, Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.) introduced H.R. 526, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act (FACT Act). Similar legislation passed the House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote last Congress.
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following markup for next week.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 27
1:30 p.m. Full Committee Markup
H.R. __, the “Small Business Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2015”
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
All hearings and markups are streamed live at judiciary.house.gov.
“For decades, Americans have been promised that our borders will be secured and our immigration laws will be enforced. But these promises have not been kept: our border remains porous and our immigration laws have not been fully enforced by presidents of both parties.