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May 10, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: H.R.
May 10, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: International drug traffickers are profiting off the misery of American citizens, including our children. In recent years, our nation has experienced an epidemic of opioid abuse. A significant part of that epidemic involves the trafficking of illicit heroin across our borders, and into our communities and homes. Every Member in this chamber today has heard a heartbreaking story about a constituent, or a constituent’s child, who has been lost to this scourge.
The irony, Mr.
May 10, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: International drug traffickers are profiting off the misery of American citizens, including our children. In recent years, our nation has experienced an epidemic of opioid abuse. A significant part of that epidemic involves the trafficking of illicit heroin across our borders, and into our communities and homes. Every Member in this chamber today has heard a heartbreaking story about a constituent, or a constituent’s child, who has been lost to this scourge.
The irony, Mr.
May 6, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of May 9-13, 2016.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 1110:15 a.m. | Full Committee MarkupH.R.
May 6, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., the Task Force on Executive Overreach will hold a hearing titled, “Executive Overreach in Foreign Affairs.” At the hearing, members of the task force will examine several instances in which President Obama has stretched the constitutional limits placed on his authority or simply ignored the law in foreign affairs.
For example, President Obama failed to provide Congress with documents required und
May 3, 2016
Administration’s enforcement priorities on paper contradict policies in practice
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed top officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about its catch and release policy that directly contradicts the Obama Administration’s immigration enforcement priorities.
May 3, 2016
Administration’s enforcement priorities on paper contradict policies in practice
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed top officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) about its catch and release policy that directly contradicts the Obama Administration’s immigration enforcement priorities.
April 28, 2016
Mothers who lost their children at the hands of criminal aliens tell their storiesWashington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today released a video on the real costs of the Obama Administration’s lack of immigration enforcement.
April 28, 2016
Mothers who lost their children at the hands of criminal aliens tell their storiesWashington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today released a video on the real costs of the Obama Administration’s lack of immigration enforcement.
April 28, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Eighteen months ago, this Committee commenced a “pattern or practice” investigation into the Justice Department’s mortgage lending settlements. We found that DOJ is systematically subverting Congress’s spending power by requiring settling parties to donate money to activist groups.
In just the last two years, DOJ has directed nearly a billion dollars to third-parties entirely outside of Congress’s spending and oversight authority. Of that, over half-a-billion has already been disbursed or is committed to being disbursed.