Press Releases

Conyers: REINS Act Would Undermine Health and Safety, While Handing the Regulatory Keys to Big Business

January 24, 2011

Today, House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement at the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law hearing on the REINS Act, Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny.

Subcommittees

Border Security (112th Congress)

Issues: Border Security

Conyers: Patients' Rights Repeal Act Would Add 54 Million People to the Rolls of the Uninsured

January 20, 2011

Press Release

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) spoke on the House floor staunchly opposing the Patients' Rights Repeal Act that would eliminate the essential provisions of health care reform, the Affordable Care Act. According to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, if enacted, the repeal would increase the country's deficit by $230 billion in the coming decade. Today, the Patient's Rights Repeal Act was considered on the House floor for debate and will be considered for a vote tomorrow.

Conyers Introduces New Legislation to Hold Corporate Criminals Accountable for Dangerous Products

December 19, 2010

Press Release

House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) today introduced two bills designed to hold corporations and their officers accountable for criminal actions. The first bill, the Dangerous Products Warning Act, H.R. 6544, requires business entities to warn employees, consumers, and the appropriate federal officials of any product or service that poses a serious danger to the public, keeping stakeholders aware of any defects. Corporations and their officers will be held criminally liable for failure to give such warning. The second bill, the Corporate Crime Database Act, H.R.