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Chairman Goodlatte:  There is no more vulnerable segment of this country’s population than its children.  For far too long, jurisdictions across the country have failed to adequately protect and support minor victims of commercial sex trafficking by treating them as the criminals.  This must stop.

Chairman Goodlatte:  Unfortunately, while the growth of the Internet and smartphones has proved to be of great value in many aspects of our lives, it has also been used by criminals to facilitate the commercial exploitation of children and other victims by providing an easy way for pimps, or traffickers, to market minor sex trafficking victims to potential purchasers who seek to do them harm.  With the 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 rent a car

Chairman Goodlatte:  There is no more vulnerable segment of this country’s population than its children.  For far too long, jurisdictions across the country have failed to adequately protect and support minor victims of commercial sex trafficking by treating them as the criminals.  This must stop.

Washington, D.C. – Following the announcement of the AT&T and DirecTV proposed merger, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) issued the following joint statement:

Washington, D.C. – Today marks one year since the conviction of late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell for the murder of three infants born alive during abortion procedures, 21 felony counts of illegal late-term abortion and 211 counts of violating the 24-hour informed consent law. Gosnell is now serving life in prison.

Gosnell ran what was known as the “House of Horrors,” an unregulated late-term abortion clinic in Philadelphia that had not been inspected for 17 years.

Chairman Goodlatte has provided the following statement on the conviction:

Washington, D.C. – The Center for Immigration Studies recently obtained a document that shows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) released over 36,000 convicted criminal aliens in deportation proceedings in Fiscal Year 2013. Among them, the 36,000 had nearly 88,000 convictions, including 16,070 drunk or drugged driving convictions, 9,187 dangerous drug convictions, 426 sexual assault convictions, 303 kidnapping convictions, and 193 homicide convictions.

Chairman Goodlatte:  Mr. Speaker, on May 10, 2013, the Internal Revenue Service admitted to inappropriately targeting conservative groups for “extra scrutiny” in connection with their applications for tax-exempt status.  President Obama denounced this behavior as “outrageous” and “unacceptable” and stated that the IRS “as an independent agency requires absolute integrity, and people have to have confidence that they’re ...

Chairman Goodlatte:  Today, the House Judiciary Committee will consider a bipartisan proposal that is the culmination of months of oversight and collaboration between members from both sides of the aisle to reform certain national security programs operated under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or FISA, over which this committee has primary jurisdiction.