Press Releases
Today, the Humane Society of the United States will award House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) with its annual Legislative Leader award for his work in 2010. The Humane Society singled out Conyers for his leadership on the passage of a ban on the sale of animal torture ("crush") videos, as well as for his efforts to ban the export and slaughter of American horses for human consumption and to establish a federal database for tracking animal cruelty crimes.
(Detroit)-Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement regarding allegations charging the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) with improper and inappropriate interrogations singling out American-Islamic citizens.
Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, today issued a following statement today calling for an immediate emergency session to debate the authorization of military force in Libya.
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement regarding the National Football League's lockout and the special broadcast television antitrust exemption enjoyed by professional football:
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.(D-Mich.) spoke forcefully against H.R. 3, the misleadingly named, "No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," during a Judiciary Committee markup. If enacted, H.R. 3 would expand current restrictions on abortion and impose an unprecedented penalty – by use of the tax code – on privately-funded health care choices made by women and their families. This new penalty takes the war against women's health and freedom to an entirely new level.
Today, at a hearing on "Making Immigration Work for American Minorities," House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) rejected the argument that widespread job displacement among African Americans is a result from immigration.
At the hearing, Mr. Conyers delivered the following remarks:
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack announced plans to settle the discrimination claims of women and Hispanic farmers and ranchers against the USDA.
Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued a report, "America on the Brink," detailing the impact of the GOP budget proposals as well as the impact of a possible government shutdown on justice and judiciary related areas.
On Thursday, February 24th, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) will host a forum on the impact that the GOP's budget proposal – and the looming government shutdown – will have on job creation, public safety, and America's justice system. Some of the federal programs that will be critically affected by H.R. 1, the Republican continuing resolution that passed the U.S.
Today, at the House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee Committee Hearing on "Going Dark: Lawful Electronic Surveillance in the Face of New Technologies," Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) emphasized the dangers of legislating new requirements desired by law enforcement on all communications companies. Mr. Conyers criticized the possibility that the administration may propose that all communications providers, including Internet based companies, deploy mechanisms in their systems to allow for intercepts of communications.