Press Releases

Chairman Goodlatte:  “You’re pretty.  You could make some money.”  That simple message, which went out via Facebook to more than 800 teenage girls in the summer of 2011, was not an innocuous compliment.  Instead, it was the work of a member of the Underground Gangster Crips gang, who used charm, and then fear, intimidation and physical abuse, to coerce impressionable

Chairman Goodlatte:  H.R. 3610, the Stop Exploitation Through Trafficking Act of 2013, was introduced by Mr. Paulsen of Minnesota and Ms. Moore of Wisconsin in November 2013.  Cosponsored by a number of members from both sides of the aisle, this bill enjoys broad bi-partisan support.

Chairman Goodlatte:  “The Security in Bonding Act is a straightforward measure that will help the federal government, subcontractors, and the American taxpayer. 

Chairman Goodlatte:  The United States is in the midst of a criminal epidemic and our children are the target.  We’ve been referring all morning to this epidemic as domestic minor sex trafficking.  But let’s call it what it really is – the forcible rape of children for profit. 

Washington, D.C. –The House Judiciary Committee today approved H.R. 776, the Security in Bonding Act,by voice vote.   

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved three bills to combat the growing problem of human trafficking in the United States. The Committee first approved by voice vote the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (H.R. 3530), a comprehensive anti-human trafficking bill authored by Congressman Ted Poe (R-Texas).

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) released the following statement marking World Intellectual Property (IP) Day.

Washington, D.C. – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte today pressed the Department of Homeland Security for additional information about El Medhi Semlali Fathi who, before his recent arrest, the FBI alleges to have been planning a bomb attack on a school and a federal building.