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(Tuesday, July 5, 2016) – Ahead of Wednesday's public meeting of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) conference committee, Democratic conferees are urging their Republican counterparts to support the addition of $920 million fully paid for by bipartisan offsets for states to provide critical resources to respond to the nation's opioid and heroin epidemic.
The House Judiciary Committee has announced a markup for Thursday, July 7, 2016. Below is the Committee's schedule for the week of July 5-8, 2016.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 6
10:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet
Hearing on: "The Judicial Branch and the Efficient Administration of Justice"
Witness:
- Mr. James Duff, Director, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
2237 Rayburn House Office Building
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) today released the following joint statement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court's Whole Woman's Health v. Hellerstedt decision, which ruled that Texas' abortion law was unconstitutional:
Detroit, MI – Following the third anniversary of the 2013 Supreme Court Shelby County v. Holder decision which stripped away critical provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13) will host a voting rights forum in Detroit on Tuesday, June 28th at 6:30 PM. The forum will be held at the University of Detroit Mercy Law School.
U.S. Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member on the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, issued the following joint statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court of the United States failed to reach a majority decision on the United States v. Texas case:
"Today the Supreme Court issued a split decision that sets no precedent but leaves in place a lower court preliminary injunction blocking the President's immigration executive actions.
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, upholding affirmative action programs at the University of Texas at Austin. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) released the following joint statement:
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement on the sit-in on the House floor today to demand action on gun violence:
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) today provided an update on the progress made by the bipartisan encryption working group:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22
10:00 a.m. Full Committee
Hearing on: "Examining the Allegations of Misconduct Against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, Part II"
Witnesses:
House Judiciary Democrats want to address the real problems facing our Nation today by: