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After receiving a vague response to a previous inquiry, House Judiciary Committee Democrats today pressed Ivanka Trump Operations for answers on their business dealings with foreign countries and Ivanka Trump's

In April and December of last year, a bipartisan group from the House Judiciary Committee wrote to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to ask for "a public estimate of the number of communications or transactions involving United Stat

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. today released the following statement after President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he will nominate Christopher A. Wray, the former Assistant Attorney General, to be the next Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director:

WASHINGTON (THURSDAY, June 1, 2017) – Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), and Representative Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) on Thursday pressed the president of Kushner Companies for answers on the company's use of EB-5 visas and its continued ties to Jared Kushner, President Trump's top advisor and son-in-law. At a time when Mr.

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, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 115, the so-called "Thin Blue Line Act." House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) spoke on the House floor in opposition to the bill before its passage. Below are his remarks as prepared for delivery:

Though troubled and saddened by the recent attacks on law enforcement officials, I believe that H.R. 115, the "Thin Blue Line Act," is counterproductive to ensuring public safety and only serves to exacerbate concerns with the unfair and unjust federal death penalty.

Through my time here in Congress, I have seen many legislative fights and stood up against many injustices. And yet through it all I have always found comfort in the values and ideals of this great nation.

But these past few months have been especially troubling. From refusing to investigate the President for potential ties to Russia, to denying health insurance to millions of Americans-I am left wondering what this Congress stands for.