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Chairman Goodlatte: Thank you, Chairman Upton.  I appreciate your strong partnership throughout this important effort. Today, the House will complete its work on a comprehensive legislative package to combat the terrible epidemic of opioid abuse, which is ravaging our country. We have all heard the grim statistics.  129 people die every day from a drug overdose.

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2015 (H.R.

Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2015 (H.R.

Chairman Goodlatte: H.R. 3765, the ADA Education and Reform Act of 2015, makes improvements to the public accommodation provisions under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush in 1990.

The Rapid DNA Act is part of the House Judiciary Committee’s criminal justice reform initiativeWashington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Rapid DNA Act of 2016 (H.R. 320).

This bipartisan bill provides protections and access to a legal process for survivors of sexual assaultWashington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act of 2016 (H.R.

Chairman Goodlatte: Last month, the harrowing account of the Stanford rape victim sparked outrage across the United States and around the globe. The survivor’s letter documented in graphic and painstaking detail the complicated, emotional, and overwhelming process facing victims of sexual assault.  I am going to read a small portion of that letter here.

Chairman Goodlatte: Today we consider H.R. 320, the Rapid DNA Act of 2015.