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Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.
Hearing on: Exploring Alternative Solutions on the Internet Sales Tax Issue
Full Committee
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 10:00 A.M.
2141 Rayburn Building
Since the Supreme Court's 1992 Quill decision, Congress has considered various legislative responses. These include the Main Street Fairness Act and the Marketplace Fairness Act, which the Senate overwhelmingly passed last May. But today's hearing focuses on alternatives to those prior legislative initiatives. And, I welcome the discussion on these ideas.
Today, the Over-Criminalization Task Force, a bipartisan working group convened by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee to consider reforms to the criminal justice system, held a hearing entitled "Criminal Code Reform." After delivering his opening remarks, Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement:
Today, President Obama announced a new initiative called "My Brother's Keeper" to address poverty, violence and incarceration rates among young men of color. Specifically, the Obama Administration will create a new presidential task force, the "My Brother's Keeper Task Force," that will assess which federal policies are aiding young men of color and which are failing them.
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives considered and passed H.R. 2804, the "All Economic Regulations are Transparent (ALERT) Act of 2014." Following passage of the legislation, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement:
Today, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a full committee hearing entitled, "Enforcing the President's Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws." After the hearing concluded, Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) delivered the following statement:
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.
Hearing on: Enforcing the President's Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws
Full Committee
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 10:00 A.M.
2138 Rayburn Building
Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Congressman Dan Benishek, M.D. (R-Mich.) introduced H.R. 4077, the "Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2014." This legislation provides a limited antitrust exemption for physicians in negotiations with private insurance companies, giving health care providers the ability to negotiate contract terms on an equal level with insurers, including terms that affect the quality of patient care. Comparable legislation has been introduced in the U.S.
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.
Hearing on: "Asylum Fraud: Abusing America's Compassion?"
Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at 10:00 A.M.
2141 Rayburn Building
Today, ranking member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) met with Bob Bauer, the co-chair of the Presidential Commission on Election Administration. This meeting comes on the heels of a report that the commission issued last month detailing how to address the many issues that plagued the 2012 presidential election specifically and the American electoral system generally. After the meeting, Ranking Member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement:
Today, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a full committee hearing entitled "Examining Recommendations to Reform Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Authorities." During his opening remarks, Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) delivered the following statement: