Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security
May 16, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at 10:00 a.m., the Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee will hold a hearing to examine the growing problem of synthetic drugs in the United States, including those sold commercially.
Designer synth
May 13, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the statement below after the House of Representatives voted to amend the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (S. 524):
“This week, the House took bold and decisive action to address America’s opioid crisis.
May 12, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 413-5 the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act (H.R. 5046).
May 12, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Today, the United States is in the throes of an epidemic of prescription opioid and heroin abuse. Every Member of this body has heard a tragic story about a constituent who has become addicted to opioids, and tragically, many have lost their lives to the addiction.
The statistics are shocking. In 2014, 47,055 Americans died from a drug overdos
May 10, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved several bills in the jurisdiction of the House Judiciary Committee to curtail international drug trafficking into the United States and combat the opioid epidemic facing our nation.
May 10, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Mr.
May 10, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: Since 1999, the Bulletproof Vest Program, or BVP, has awarded more than 13,000 jurisdictions a total of $393 million in federal funds for the purchase of over one million bulletproof vests.
May 10, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: H.R. 5052, the Opioid Program Evaluation Act, or OPEN Act, is a bill that will require an evaluation of the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Grant Program that will be authorized by H.R.
May 10, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: H.R.
May 10, 2016
Chairman Goodlatte: International drug traffickers are profiting off the misery of American citizens, including our children. In recent years, our nation has experienced an epidemic of opioid abuse. A significant part of that epidemic involves the trafficking of illicit heroin across our borders, and into our communities and homes. Every Member in this chamb