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The REINS Act fits into a broader conservative narrative about government overreach. But it comes after a string of disasters in recent years that were tied to government regulators falling short, including:
- the financial crisis of 2008;
- the explosion of the Dixie Crystal sugar refinery of 2008 (killed 14 people);
- the peanut butter salmonella outbreak of 2008-09 (killed 9 people);
- the BP oil spill of 2010 (killed 11 people);
- the West Virginia mining accident of 2010 (killed 29 people).
There is no correlation between regulation and unemployment:
Republicans claim to make rulemaking more efficient, but the RFA would expand the number of rules covered by the RFA and require agencies to perform excessive analysis of regulations that affect or indirectly affect small businesses.
Today, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee issued a minority staff report on, "U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder's testimony before the Committee and the Justice Department's Investigation of national security leaks." Following the release of this report, Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement:
Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) joined civil rights groups in calling for passage of their legislation, the End Racial Profiling Act. This legislation is designed to protect minority communities by prohibiting the use of racial profiling by law enforcement officials. The End Racial Profiling Act is supported by 136 national organizations including the NAACP, Rights Working Group, the ACLU, Blacks in Law Enforcement in America and the Sikh Coalition.
Today, Ranking Member John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) of the House Judiciary Committee, joined Congressman John B. Larson (D-Conn.), chairman of the Task Force on Election Reform, and Ranking Member Robert A. Brady (D-Penn.) of the Committee on House Administration, in submitting an Amicus brief to the Supreme Court regarding the upcoming McCutcheon v. FEC case.
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives considered H.R. 2397, the "Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2014." Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Congressman Justin Amash (R-Mich.) offered an amendment to this legislation that would curtail the blanket collection of telephone records by the National Security Agency (NSA). During the debate over this amendment Rep. Conyers delivered the following statement:
Today, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a full committee markup of H.R. 1493, the "Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2013"; H.R. 2122, the "Regulatory Accountability Act of 2013"; H.R. 2542, the "Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Acts of 2013"; and H.R. 2641, the "Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2013." After his opening remarks, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement:
Today, the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security held a hearing entitled, "Addressing the Immigration Status of Illegal Immigrants Brought to the United States as Children." After the first panel's opening remarks, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement: