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Today, during a full House Judiciary Committee hearing on "Policing Strategies for the 21^st Century," Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) delivered the following opening statement:

"Law enforcement accountability is an issue that is very topical given current events, but also one that has long been a concern of mine and many other Members.

The following is the House Judiciary Committee's schedule for the week May 18 - 22.

Tuesday, May 19 2015

10:00 a.m. 2141 Rayburn House Office Building

Full Committee Hearing: Policing Strategies for the 21st Century

Witnesses for the Hearing:

On Tuesday, May 19, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled "Policing Strategies for the 21^st Century." This hearing will examine police accountability, aggression towards law enforcement, public safety concerns related to these issues, and solutions to address these problems.

Witnesses for Tuesday's hearing are:

· Sheriff David A. Clarke, Jr., Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Lee, Leahy, Sensenbrenner, Goodlatte, Conyers, Nadler: "We will oppose any extension of the NSA's bulk collection program."

Today, Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah), Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), and Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.), issued the following statement urging the Senate to take up and pass the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015.

The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 338-88 the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048).

Today, during debate on the House Floor of H.R. 36, the "Pain-Capable Unborn Child Act," House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. urged his colleagues to vote in opposition to the measure. Rep. Conyers delivered the following remarks, as prepared for delivery:

"Mr. Speaker, this legislation is a dangerous and far reaching attack on a woman's constitutional right to choose whether or not to terminate a pregnancy - a right that the Supreme Court guaranteed 42 years ago in Roe v. Wade.

Today, during debate on the House Floor of H.R. 2048, the "USA FREEDOM Act," House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. urged his colleagues to vote in support of measure. Rep. Conyers delivered the following remarks as prepared for delivery:

On May 12, 2015, the House of Representatives approved the Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu National Blue Alert Act of 2015 (S. 665) by voice vote and the bill is now headed to the President's desk to be signed into law.