Crime and Federal Government Surveillance (113th Congress) | House Judiciary Committee Republicans

Gowdy, Goodlatte, Jackson Lee Introduce Bill to Help Child Pornography Trafficking Victims

December 6, 2016

Washington, D.C. – Representative Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) today introduced Justice for Child Victims Act of 2016 (H.R.

ICYMI: Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers Discuss Policing and Criminal Justice Reform

December 5, 2016

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) joined C-SPAN Newsmakers to discuss the bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group and the Committee’s efforts to reform our nation’s criminal justice system. C-SPAN’s co-CEO Susan Swain moderated the interview and Kimbriell Kelly of the Washington Post and Jesse Holland of the Associated Press interviewed Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers.

Goodlatte Presses DHS for Information on Two Men Convicted of Plotting with ISIS

November 29, 2016

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for information on two men convicted in the United States for conspiring with ISIS. In June 2016, Nader Elhuzayel and Muhanad Badawi were convicted of conspiring to provide material support for ISIS, along with other terrorism-related and fraud charges, and recently sentenced to imprisonment for 30 years. Both men used social media to discuss terrorist attacks and expressed a desire to die as martyrs.

Goodlatte Floor Statement on Bill to Ensure Funding for National Human Trafficking Hotline

November 29, 2016

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 5422, a bill to ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline. Chairman Goodlatte: “Today we consider on suspension, H.R.

Goodlatte Applauds House Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Strengthen Crime Victims’ Rights

November 29, 2016

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by voice vote an amended version of the Justice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (S. 2577) to strengthen crime victims’ rights. The bipartisan, bicameral bill – authored by Representative Ted Poe (R-Texas) and Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) – builds on the Justice for All Act of 2004to improve the criminal justice system and ensure public confidence in it. It strengthens crime victims’ rights and programs by increasing access to restitution for federal crime victims.

Goodlatte Floor Statement on the Justice for All Reauthorization Act

November 29, 2016

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) delivered the following remarks on the House floor in support of theJustice for All Reauthorization Act of 2016 (S. 2577). Chairman Goodlatte: “On October 30, 2004, President George W.

Goodlatte Presses DHS for Information about Man Charged in ISIS Plot to Murder a Military Member

October 6, 2016

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson for information about Nelash Mohamed Das, a resident alien recently arrested for planning the murder of a U.S. military member as part of a terrorist attack. On September 30, 2016, Das was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and charged with attempting to provide material support to a terrorist organization by conspiring to murder a U.S.

6 Photos that Show Congress is Working on Policing Strategies

September 1, 2016

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Members of the bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group traveled to Detroit, Michigan on August 29-30, 2016 to meet with local community leaders and law enforcement to discuss police accountability, aggression towards law enforcement, and public safety concerns related to these issues. Members who traveled to Detroit are House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Representative Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Representative Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), Representative David Reichert (R-Wa.), Representative Robin Kelly (D-Ill.), Representative Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), and Representative Brenda Lawrence (D-Mich.).

Media Advisory: Policing Strategies Working Group to Visit Detroit & Hold First Press Conference

August 22, 2016

Press Release

Washington, D.C. – Several members of the bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group will be traveling to Detroit, Michigan to meet with local community leaders and law enforcement to discuss police accountability, aggression towards law enforcement, and public safety concerns related to these issues. Members of the working group plan to hold their first photo spray and press conference following their private roundtable with community leaders on Tuesday, August 30 beginning at 12:00 p.m.

Goodlatte Presses DOJ on Its Refusal to Combat Asylum Fraud

August 18, 2016

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Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) today pressed Attorney General Loretta Lynch on the Department of Justice’s refusal to combat rampant asylum fraud. A report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on December 2, 2015, found that DOJ’s component agency, the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) failed to develop policies and procedures across the agency to detect and prevent asylum fraud.

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