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Chairman Goodlatte: While it goes without saying that the growth of the Internet and smartphones has proved to be of great value in many aspects of our lives, these tools can also be used by criminals to facilitate the commercial sexual exploitation of children and other victims by providing an easy way for pimps, or traffickers, to market child sex trafficking victims to those who seek to do them harm.  With just a click of a button, individuals can now use websites to advertise, schedule, and purchase sexual encounters with minors, just like they would use these services to hire a ride home.

Chairman Goodlatte: Few nightmares equal the terrible reality that thousands of American children awake to each day.  Held against their will, before the day is out they will be forced to share perhaps a dozen strangers’ beds, and be subjected to arbitrary violence for any real or imagined infraction.

Child sex trafficking is one of the fastest growing criminal enterprises in our country and we must update our laws to combat it.  H.R. 181, the “Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2015,” is a targeted effort to deploy our law enforcement and social resources against the very worst offenders: those who sexually exploit children and other vulnerable victims. 

Washington, D.C. – Next Tuesday, February 3 at 11:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the lack of interior enforcement of immigration laws in the United States and how it has led to a broken immigration system. The hearing, entitled “Examining the Adequacy and Enforcement of Our Nation’s Immigration Laws,” will take place in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building and will be webcast live at /. Witnesses for the hearing will be announced later this week.

 House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below on next week’s hearing.

Chairman Goodlatte: While it goes without saying that the growth of the Internet and smartphones has proved to be of great value in many aspects of our lives, these tools can also be used by criminals to facilitate the commercial sexual exploitation of children and other victims by providing an easy way for pimps, or traffickers, to market child sex trafficking victims to those who seek to do them harm.  With just a click of a button, individuals can now use websites to advertise, schedule, and purchase sexual encounters with minors, just like they would use these services to hire a ride home.

Washington, D.C. – Next Tuesday, February 3 at 11:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the lack of interior enforcement of immigration laws in the United States and how it has led to a broken immigration system. The hearing, entitled “Examining the Adequacy and Enforcement of Our Nation’s Immigration Laws,” will take place in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building and will be webcast live at /. Witnesses for the hearing will be announced later this week.

 House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below on next week’s hearing.

Washington, D.C. – Today, Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.) introduced H.R. 526, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act (FACT Act). Similar legislation passed the House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote last Congress. 

Washington, D.C. – Today, Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.) introduced H.R. 526, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act (FACT Act). Similar legislation passed the House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote last Congress. 

Washington, D.C. – Today, Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Vice-Chairman Blake Farenthold (R-Tex.) introduced H.R. 526, the Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency Act (FACT Act). Similar legislation passed the House of Representatives with a bipartisan vote last Congress.