Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressed Attorney General Loretta Lynch for information about the thousands of federal prison inmates who will be released in November as a result of the U.S. Sentencing Commission’s decision to lower federal sentencing for all drug trafficking and distribution crimes.
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Secret Service Improvements Act of 2015 (H.R. 1656). This bipartisan bill – authored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) – reforms the United States Secret Service.
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on the Obama Administration’s new hostage policy that allows families of Americans held by terrorist groups to pay ransom without fear of prosecution by the U.S. government.
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, June 25, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a criminal justice reform listening session. At the listening session, any Member of the House of Representatives who has an idea or proposal for criminal justice reform is invited to present his or her proposal for five minutes, or submit a proposal in writing.
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following listening session and hearing for next week.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Full Committee
10:00 a.m. Full Committee
Markup of: H.R. 1927, the “Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act of 2015”
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
10:00 a.m. Full Committee
Washington, D.C. – On Thursday, June 18, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a legislativehearing on the Rapid DNA Act (H.R. 320). This bill, authored by Crime Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), updates current law to establish a system for the integration of Rapid DNA technology.
- Ms. Deborah Garza, Esq., Partner, Covington & Burling LLP
- Mr. David A.
Washington, D.C. – Following the Senate vote approving the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048) without amendment, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the following joint statement: