Press Releases
Today, the Inspector General of the U.S. Department of Justice issued a report concerning the Department's "Oversight of Cash Seizure and Forfeiture Activities." The Inspector General analyzed the asset seizure and forfeiture policies, practices and performance management capabilities of the Department as a whole, in addition to examining the forfeiture activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), House Rules Committee Ranking Member Louise Slaughter (D-NY), Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley (D-NY), and House Judiciary Committee Members Reps.
Earlier today, three senior Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to the leaders of the U.S. intelligence community, arguing that "unauthorized and felonious disclosures . . . are increasingly casting a pall over not only our country's intelligence apparatus but also the American people's trust in the efficacy and integrity of the intelligence community."
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement in response:
Yesterday, Chairman Devin Nunes of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence told reporters that, "on numerous occasions, the intelligence community incidentally collected information about U.S. citizens involved in the Trump transition." Chairman Nunes then traveled to the White House to share his findings with President Donald Trump.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.
Although I rise in qualified support of H.R. 372, the "Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017," I do not endorse the Majority's exaggerated claims regarding the bill's impact on the affordability and availability of health insurance.
H.R. 372 would partially repeal the limited Federal antitrust exemption for the business of insurance established by the McCarran-Ferguson Act in 1945.
Specifically, the bill only permits Federal antitrust enforcement with regard to the business of health insurance.
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) provided the following remarks at a hearing entitled, "Examining Systemic Management and Fiscal Challenges Within the Department of Justice" featuring Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz and U.S. Government Accountability Office of Homeland Security and Justice Director Diana Maurer:
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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 blueprint:
On March 10, 2017, the Trump Department of Justice asked all 46 sitting U.S. attorneys to resign from office. At least one U.S. attorney resisted that request-and on March 11, 2017, President Trump fired Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York.