Government Oversight
To advance its legislative agenda, the Judiciary Committee conducts regular oversight of the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, among other government agencies. The Committee is also responsible for determining whether to recommend articles of impeachment against federal officials. In 2019, the Committee advanced two articles of impeachment against Donald J. Trump to the House of Representatives.
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After CNN reported that the Justice Department revealed Attorney General Sessions failed to disclose his contacts with Russian officials as part of his security clearance, Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), the Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement:
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), today released the following statement on President Donald Trump's proposed fiscal year 2018 budget:
"There is no doubt that President Trump's budget starves many essential government programs across the board. These proposed cuts threaten to undermine the Justice Department's critical public safety efforts and jeopardize essential community-based justice programs," said Conyers.
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Today, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate "any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump."
Rep. John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, released the following statement in response:
Washington, D.C. (May 16, 2017)-Today, all 33 Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Committee on the Judiciary sent a detailed letter to their respective Republican Chairmen outlining their demand for an immediate investigation into the actions of President Donald Trump, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and top White House aides:
Today, U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) introduced a bill to repeal the Congressional Review Act, a measure Republicans have exploited this year to overturn public health, environmental, and consumer protections while advancing special interests.
Washington, D.C. (May 15, 2017) – Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and John Conyers, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to press reports that President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats:
Today, after President Donald Trump tweeted "better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" Rep. John Conyers, Jr., the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to White House Counsel Donald F.