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Members of the working group met this week to discuss the path forwardWashington, D.C.  – The bipartisan encryption working group – announced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.

Members of the working group met this week to discuss the path forwardWashington, D.C.  – The bipartisan encryption working group – announced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr.

These bills are one component of the Committee’s efforts to combat the opioid epidemicWashington, D.C.  – The House Judiciary Committee today approved two bills to curtail international drug trafficking into the United States and protect classified information pertaining to drug kingpins. First, the Committee approved by a voice vote the Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015 (H.R. 3380) to combat drug trafficking and the importation of chemicals used to make illicit drugs in the United States.

Chairman Goodlatte: Nearly 21 years ago, the President issued an Executive Order to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to our national security, foreign policy, and economy posed by narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia.  The actions of these narcotics traffickers produced an extreme level of violence, corruption and harm in the United States and abroad. The following year, the U.S.

Chairman Goodlatte: Today we consider H.R. 3380, the “Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015,” which was introduced by our Judiciary Committee colleagues, Congressman Tom Marino of Pennsylvania and Congressman Pedro Pierluisi of Puerto Rico.  This legislation makes important changes to our federal drug laws to ensure that law enforcement has the tools it needs to combat extraterritorial drug trafficking.  It is also the first bill this Committee will consider as part of the House’s comprehensive response to the ongoing opioid epidemic that plagues our nation. It is often said in Washington that federal law cannot keep up with lawbreakers.  H.R.

Chairman Goodlatte: Today we consider H.R. 3380, the “Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015,” which was introduced by our Judiciary Committee colleagues, Congressman Tom Marino of Pennsylvania and Congressman Pedro Pierluisi of Puerto Rico.  This legislation makes important changes to our federal drug laws to ensure that law enforcement has the tools it needs to combat extraterritorial drug trafficking.  It is also the first bill this Committee will consider as part of the House’s comprehensive response to the ongoing opioid epidemic that plagues our nation. It is often said in Washington that federal law cannot keep up with lawbreakers.  H.R.

Washington, D.C.  – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S. 125) to save law enforcement officers’ lives. Since 1999, the bulletproof vest program has awarded more than 13,000 jurisdictions, a total of $393 million in federal funds for the purchase of over one million vests. Based on the latest data collected and recorded by the Department of Justice, in Fiscal Year 2012, protective vests were directly attributable to saving the lives of at least 33 law enforcement and corrections officers, in 20 different states.

Washington, D.C.  – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S. 125) to save law enforcement officers’ lives. Since 1999, the bulletproof vest program has awarded more than 13,000 jurisdictions, a total of $393 million in federal funds for the purchase of over one million vests. Based on the latest data collected and recorded by the Department of Justice, in Fiscal Year 2012, protective vests were directly attributable to saving the lives of at least 33 law enforcement and corrections officers, in 20 different states.