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Chairman Goodlatte: The legislation the Committee will consider today is the culmination of three years of work on over-criminalization and criminal justice reform. In the 113th Congress, I along with Ranking Member Conyers, established an Over-Criminalization Task Force, which held nine hearings on a variety of topics including over-criminalization, over federalization, sentencing reform, prison reform, and regulatory crime. Building upon the work of the Task Force, the Ranking Member and I launched a Criminal Justice Reform Initiative in June of this year.

Washington, D.C.  – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote bipartisan legislation to reform federal sentencing laws. The Sentencing Reform Act of 2015 (H.R.

Chairman Goodlatte: The legislation the Committee will consider today is the culmination of three years of work on over-criminalization and criminal justice reform. In the 113th Congress, I along with Ranking Member Conyers, established an Over-Criminalization Task Force, which held nine hearings on a variety of topics including over-criminalization, over federalization, sentencing reform, prison reform, and regulatory crime. Building upon the work of the Task Force, the Ranking Member and I launched a Criminal Justice Reform Initiative in June of this year.

Chairman Goodlatte: The legislation the Committee will consider today is the culmination of three years of work on over-criminalization and criminal justice reform. In the 113th Congress, I along with Ranking Member Conyers, established an Over-Criminalization Task Force, which held nine hearings on a variety of topics including over-criminalization, over federalization, sentencing reform, prison reform, and regulatory crime. Building upon the work of the Task Force, the Ranking Member and I launched a Criminal Justice Reform Initiative in June of this year.

Chairman Goodlatte: H.R.

Chairman Goodlatte: H.R.

Chairman Goodlatte: In late July, Chairman Marino (R-Pa.), Ranking Member Conyers (D-Mich.), Ranking Member Johnson (R-Ga.) and I announced a series of Committee hearings focused on competition in the health care marketplace. Today’s hearing is the third in this series, and will examine the competitive dynamics within the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) and pharmacy markets. PBMs oversee the administration and management of prescription drug benefits.

Chairman Goodlatte: Welcome, Attorney General Lynch, to your first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee since your confirmation earlier this year.  We are pleased to have you here with us. Last week, we witnessed horrific terrorist attacks in Paris, which claimed the lives of over 120 innocent civilians and for which ISIS has taken credit.  Our thoughts and prayers remain with the French people and we mourn with them. At the same time, these terrorist attacks are a stark reminder that ISIS poses a threat to our allies and America.