Press Releases
Tuesday, July 28
10:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and
Investigations Committee on the Judiciary
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Hearing on: America's Growing Heroin Epidemic
Witnesses:
· The Honorable Michael Botticelli, Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, along with Democratic Members of the House Judiciary Committee and support from the Congressional Tri-Caucuses, are holding a forum on Family Detention this Tuesday, July 28th at 2 PM in Rayburn 2226.
Panelists will include two formerly detained women, a whistleblower who worked at a family detention center, and experts who will speak to the psychological, developmental and legal implications of current family detention policies.
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House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. and Chairman Bob Goodlatte, and Senators Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson today expressed great concern with an opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel that allows the Justice Department to deny access to records sought by the Inspector General.
"I want to start by offering my sincere condolences to the Steinle family - who lost their daughter just three weeks ago - and to Sheriff Jones - who lost one of his deputies last Fall. You have our deepest sympathies and your losses are on each of our minds. Your presence here today is very much appreciated.
"I thank Ranking Member Conyers and Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Jackson Lee for their hard work to address many of the issues facing the criminal justice system. I look forward to reviewing their legislation and finding areas of common ground in order to improve our nation's criminal justice system."
– House Judiciary Committee Chairman Goodlatte
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers Jr. (D-MI) and House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) issued a letter to House Speaker John A. Boehner urging that House Leadership honor their commitment to regular order. H.R. 3009, the "Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act," is being rushed to the House floor this week without any committee review of the legislation.
On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Judiciary Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson lee (D-TX) will unveil a package of legislative proposals to reform policing and youth incarceration.
WHO: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)
House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) released the following joint statement in response to the decision to open an investigation into allegations that Planned Parenthood altered procedures to "sell" fetal tissues for profit:
Today, U.S. Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Bill Foster (D-Ill.), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and Curt Clawson (R-FL) and U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and David Vitter (R-La.) held a joint press conference to highlight the broad opposition to sweeping anti-patent legislation moving through Congress.
Statement of House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.
Oversight Hearing on the Department of Homeland Security
"When Secretary Johnson last testified before this Committee, I said that-given his distinguished record of public service-I could think of no person better equipped to lead the Department of Homeland Security, and to carry out the President's directive that we are carry out our immigration policies 'in the most humane way possible.'