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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (MI-13) today gave the following statement on the House floor in opposition to "Kates Law" (H.R. 3004).

Ranking Member Conyers:

Members of the House, H.R. 3004 is an anti-immigrant, enforcement-only proposal that represents yet another step in President Trump's Mass Deportation plan. This legislation significantly expands the federal government's ability to prosecute individuals for illegal re-entry and attempted re-entry into the United States.

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (MI-13) today gave the following statement on the House floor in opposition to the No Sanctuary for Criminals Act (H.R. 3003).

Ranking Member Conyers:

M. Chair, I want to be clear at the outset of debate that this legislation does nothing to make our communities safer. And it does nothing to improve our immigration system.

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today delivered the following remarks during the Regulatory Reform, Commercial, and Antitrust Law Subcommittee hearing on "Recent Trends in International Antitrust Enforcement."

Ranking Member Conyers:

Today's hearing presents an important opportunity to consider international antitrust enforcement.

Today, all Democrats on the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary sent a letter to the Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz requesting an investigation into whether Attorney General Jeff Sessions violated his recusal when he participated in President Trump's decision to fire FBI Director James Comey.

House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (MI-13) today gave the following statement on the House floor in opposition to the Protecting Access to Care Act (H.R. 1215).

Ranking Member Conyers:

M. Chairman, H.R. 1215, the "Protecting Access to Care Act of 2017," will do little to protect Americans' access to safe and affordable health care. Instead, it will deny victims of medical malpractice and defective medical products the opportunity to be fully compensated for their injuries and to hold wrongdoers accountable.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) today sent a letter to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats to renew their call for the number of U.S. persons included in Section 702 collections. The members also called for statistics on the methodologies used in developing the project as well as information on the resources that would need to be diverted in order to complete the project.

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee on Immigration Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) today released the following joint statement after the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would take up Trump's Muslim and Refugee ban:

Today, sixteen Democratic members of the House Committee on the Judiciary sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) to request that he schedule hearings immediately "to examine events that now extend well beyond any investigation into Russian influence-including the firing of FBI Director James Comey, allegations of obstruction of justice, and the inconsistent application of the Attorney General's rec