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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President-elect Donald Trump has made two more troubling additions to his transition team. Frank Gaffney, founder of the hard-right Center for Security Policy, has spent two decades advancing conspiracy theories and anti-Muslim rhetoric. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is the chief architect of anti-immigrant measures in several states, including Arizona's controversial and unconstitutional "show me your papers" bill.
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement:
H.R. 5422 is a bipartisan measure intended to ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline.
This commonsense bill would direct funding to the Department of Health and Human Services to administer the grant money for this Hotline.
The crime of human trafficking is a terrible scourge that deprives people of their dignity, humanity, and freedom.
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) joined 169 members of the U.S. House, led by Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), in sending a letter asking President-elect Donald Trump to rescind alt-right leader Steve Bannon's appointment as White House Chief Strategist. Although Republican members of the House were invited to sign Cicilline's letter, none did so.
Yesterday, Ranking Member Conyers released the following statement on Bannon's appointment:
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today released the following statement in response to the news that President-elect Donald Trump has named Breitbart News Executive Chairman Steve Bannon as White House Chief Strategist:
"Steve Bannon is the standard-bearer for the worst instincts in American society.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
10:00 a.m. Full Committee Markup
H.R. 5422, "To ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and for other purposes"
H.R. 1669, the "Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2015"
2237 Rayburn House Office Building
Today, Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) Director James Comey sent a letter to Congress reporting that the FBI has completed its review of emails to or from Hillary Clinton when she served as Secretary of State. Based on its review, the FBI stands by its recommendation that no criminal charges are warranted in its investigation of Secretary Clinton's use of a private email server.
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. (Nov. 4, 2016)-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings and Rep. John Conyers, Jr., the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary, sent a letter calling on the Inspector General of the U.S.
Washington, D.C. (Oct. 28, 2016) – Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings and John Conyers, Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary, sent the following letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and FBI Director James Comey:
October 28, 2016
The Honorable Loretta E. Lynch The Honorable James Comey
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today released the following statement:
"There has already been a lengthy and thorough investigation into Secretary Clinton's use of a personal email server. Nothing in today's letter suggests that the FBI or the Department of Justice will reach a different conclusion than the one they reached months ago, when they decided criminal prosecution was unwarranted.
A bipartisan coalition of Senate and House lawmakers today asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch to provide Congress with more information about a proposed expansion of government hacking and surveillance powers.