Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security
January 8, 2016
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, January 12th at 8:30 a.m., House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) will join The Atlantic’s Washington Editor-at-Large Steve Clemons for a discussion on the Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative. The House Judiciary Committee has already approved numerous bills to reform federal sentencing laws and rein in the explosion of federal criminal law.
January 8, 2016
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee has announced its schedule for the week of January 11-15, 2016, including the markup of two criminal justice reform bills.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 1210:15 a.m. | Full Committee Markup
January 5, 2016
Washington, D.C. – House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) issued the following statement on President Obama’s executive actions on firearms:
Chairman Goodlatte: “The right of the people to keep and bear arms is one of the fundamental principles of our Republic and is not to be infringed. Over the course of President Obama’s tenure in office, his Administration has sought to undermine the Second Amendment on numerous occasions but opposition from the American people and Congress often have stopped his attempts to restrict this constitutional right.
December 4, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House Judiciary Committee released a new video on its legislative solutions to rein in the explosion of federal criminal law, commonly referred to as over-criminalization. Last month, the House Judiciary Committee approved four bills by voice vote to address this problem: the Criminal Code Improvement Act of 2015 (H.R. 4002), the Fix the Footnotes Act of 2015 (H.R.
December 2, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: The last year has seen a number of high profile cyber-attacks resulting in the theft of millions of personal and financial records about Americans.
December 1, 2015
Chairman Goodlatte: Today’s hearing examines H.R.
November 30, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to examine H.R. 699, the Email Privacy Act, a bill authored by Rep.
November 30, 2015
Washington, D.C. – 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 statement on the implementation of the USA Freedom Act:
November 24, 2015
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at 10:00 a.m., the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to examine H.R. 699, the Email Privacy Act, a bill authored by Rep.
November 19, 2015
Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 289-137 the American Security Against Foreign Enemies Act of 2015 (H.R. 4038).