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"Debates about the proper scope of executive power and its relationship to legislative authority are as old as the Nation itself.

"As the Committee charged with examining issues arising under our Constitution, it is important that we regularly discuss such fundamental matters about our Nation's basic governing framework.

"Today's resolution, which would establish an 'Executive Overreach Task Force' for the next 6 months, is ostensibly the latest effort to fulfill this important obligation.

Yesterday, President Obama announced that U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and the Department of Justice, in response to the President's directive in July, has issued a report concerning the use of solitary confinement in America. The report includes recommended strategies for prisons at the federal, state, and local levels to pursue, safely reduce solitary confinement, and details changes that the federal Bureau of Prisons will undertake.

Today U.S. Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee released the following statements after the Departments of Homeland Security and State announced yesterday implementation of the Visa Waiver Improvement and Terrorist Travel Prevention Act of 2015:

Today U.S. Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court announced that it will review the Texas-led challenge (U.S. V. Texas, et al.) to the President's executive immigration actions --Deferred Action for Parental Accountability (DAPA) and expanded Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA):

"H.R. 1854, the 'Comprehensive Justice and Mental Health Act of 2015,' reauthorizes funding for and updates the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004.

"I support this bipartisan bill for several reasons.

"H.R. 4240, the 'No Fly for Foreign Fighters Act,' is a common sense measure that supports the Terrorist Screening Database maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and, in doing so, will aid in our efforts to combat terrorism and keep our Nation safe.

"Since 2003, the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center helps to identify those individuals known or reasonably suspected of being involved in terrorist activity by integrating information collected from law enforcement, homeland security, and intelligence communities.