goodlatte. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ..ween urban street gangs and mexican cartels that it's frightening to me. it's what keeps me up at night. what we do better than we've ever done is connect the dots. i can tell you chopper bluesman for one thompson plans on the five that cops don't talk to cops. i assure you we do that better now. our ability to attack organizations and their tentacles as they spread across the country has never been better. >> are these organizations by their nature violence? >> there is note doubt in my mind having done this job for 30 years. a recent violence connected to trafficking. the >> are these the people you're trafficking? >> many organizations that are violent. they make how many drug possession offenders come in many of those that possess only enough for personal use does the dea referred for federal prosecution? >> in my experience virtually none. our goal is to attack the highest levels possible so we can really hurt the organization from start to finish. with limited resources, that is

goodlatte. mr. goodlatte: the map that you showed gains a disturbing picture. -- paints a disturbing picture. the cartels have infiltrated our nation to a frightening degree and have heard with street gangs to peddle their drugs. in many ways, it is a national security issue. what is the dea doing to address that problem? mr. riley: that is my primary biggest concern having seen this change. this map you are looking at what have been vastly different just five years ago. the role of heroin in toxic business relationships that have evolved in every corner of this country between urban street gangs and mexican cartels is frightening. it is what keeps me up at night. what we are doing better than what we have ever done is connecting the dots. guzmanell you that chapo counts and plans on the fact that cops don't talk to cops, that the good guys aren't sharing information. i can assure you we are doing that at her now. -- we are doing that better. our ability to attack their tentacles as they spread acro

bob goodlatte is the chair of the house judiciary committee.h the voting rights act is going to go through his committee. anything dealing with criminal justice reform goes through his committee. y'all should be organizing folks going to his congressional offices in virginia and making it clear to him and dealing with him every single day, hitting him every single week, and saying, you need to act. he's from virginia. y'all have some homework. y'all can sit down now. ben, you wanted to make a comment. >> yes. you know, how we're talking about getting ready for the 2016 election, their people think diametrically opposite of us, also getting ready for the 2016 -- >> no, no, no, no. they're getting ready. they started eight years ago. >> yeah. and understand -- and i agree. they are passing all kinds of laws to disenfranchise our community to stop the souls to the polls, to stop the early voting, to make the voter i.d., to put police officers at the voting polls, to intimidate us and stop us from voting. so i know with the national bar association

goodlatte. mr. goodlatte: we are here to hear more about the internet of things. this technology has the ability to not only improve the more mundane aspects of our lives but transform health care, transportation and information technology industries. this new area of technology is of particular interest to the judiciary committee, considering our long-standing jurisdiction with issues like intellectual property, cloud computing, and digital trade. the internet of things refers to machines containing sensors connect and transmit it up to other connected devices and the internet. dramatic growth in cloud computing over the past several years has enabled this technology to reach its full potential. without the ability for data of an internet of things device that can be analyzed in real-time, the data itself would serve little value. the ability to access this information through mobile apps or even our cars makes this internet of things devices a key tool to finding creative solutions for many of the problems of daily life in the 21st century. smart agriculture hel

so bob goodlatte. i didn't say sit down.] bob goodlatte is the chair of the judiciary committee. anything in the voting rights act is going to go through the committee. making in the criminal justice reform goes through his committee. you all should be organized in going to the congressional offices in virginia and making it clear to him every single day hitting him every single weekend saying you need to act. he's from virginia. you all have some homework. you can sit down now. you want to make a comment? [laughter] you know how we are talking about getting rid of the committee for the 2016 the election people think diametrically opposite of us also getting ready - >> no, no they are not getting ready. they started eight years ago. they are passing all kind of laws to disenfranchise our community to stop the early voting, take the voter id, to put police officers, to intimidate us and to stop us from voting. so at the association we are focused on you're going to challenge them because the fundamental right in america is th

bob goodlatte republican is the chair -- bob goodlatte is the chair of the house judiciary committee.thing with the voting rights act is going to go through his committee. anything on criminal justice reform goes through his committee. you all should be organizing folks going to his congressional offices in virginia and making it clear to him and giving him every single day hitting him every single weekend saying you need to act. he is from virginia. you all have some homework. you all can sit down now. ben you want to make a comment. >> we are talking about getting ready for the 2016 election. there are people who are diametrically opposite also getting ready. >> no, no they are getting ready. it started eight years ago. >> and understand and i agree they are passing all kinds of laws to disenfranchise our community to stop the souls to the polls, to stop the irving voting to make voter i.d. to put police officers at the voting polls to intimidate us and to stop us from voting. .. just one person been in that backroom. just one person. now we have six hours was to have 12 but one afr

and i want to thank the chairman of the committee, chairman goodl goodlatte for identifying the issues and making sure they are primary and we do whatever we can to address them. director, i would like to start with you if i could. it is clear from what i am hearing in my district this issue cuts across all kinds of demographic lines. what are we doing to insure the response to this epidemic is comprehensive and hollistic? we had collaboration between the local law enforcement and dea when i did this. i appreciate your comments about drug courts and alternative sentencing that is available. can you shore more about what you are doing? -- share -- >> i think we are acknowledging while we have a federal response it is state and local where the rubber meets the roads. they need the resources they nide to do the work and identify the issues and work at the state and local level together. in addition to federal treatment funding we support through high drug trafficking areas, which are areas assigned as is such, many of them focus on heroin issues and continuing to support and prevent educa

he names house judiciary chairman bob goodlatte and virginia state senators john edwards and williamstanley. parker writes -- >>> a driver attacked a woman inside a cab when they got to highland place northwest. investigators say he was driving a red and black cab on sunday morning. >>> a montgomery county school bus driver got a ticket on the first day of school. police say the driver failed to control the speed of the bus this morning and it rear ended another school bus on falls road in potomac. students were on board at the time. more than a dozen of them were checked out at the scene. no one was seriously hurt. both buses were on the way to winston churchill high school. >>> right now, you have probably seen this all over social media, that huge shakeup at the quarterback spot for the redskins. jailson pugh just got back from the park. jailson, just to be clear, this has nothing to do with rg3's concussion, right? >> head coach jay gruden told me that this had nothing do with the concussion at rg3 but made the change in the quarterback position because of kirk's performance at t

i want to thank the chairman of the committee, chairman goodlatte and the chairman of the subcommittee for raising these issues and making sure we identify these as primary concerns and we do whatever we can to address them. director, i would like to start with you if i could. it is clear from what i am hearing in the district, that this issue cuts across all kinds of demographic lines to what we doing to ensure the responses comprehensive and holistic. when i was a local prosecutor we had collaborative efforts between local law enforcement dea. i appreciate your comments about drug courts and alternative sentencing that is available. can you share with us more about what you are doing? >> while we can have a federal response really it is state and local where the rubber meets the road. the obligation of our office to make sure they have the resources they need to identify the issues and work collaboratively. we have a number of initiatives in addition to federal treatment funding we support through high intensity drug trafficking areas which are designated to work with state, local la

goodlatte, for his opening statement. then i believe this has the ability to transport the -- to transform the health care industries. this is of particular interest to the judiciary committee, considering her loans jurisdiction -- considering our long-standing jurisdiction. internet of things refers to machines containing sensors that connect and transmit data to other connected devices and the internet. growth in cloud computing over the past several years has helped enable this technology to reach full potential without the ability for data from the internet of things device to be analyzed in real time. the ability to access this information through mobile apps makes these internet of things device is a key tool to finding a creative solution for many of the problems in daily life of the 21st century. smart agricultural will help us promote less waste. to monitor be used road conditions and structural components of bridges and overpasses. new wearables not only monitor the number of steps we take, they can also include