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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers Jr. (D-MI.) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during the debate of H.R. 469 the Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017.
H.R. 732 Would Undermine Civil Law Enforcement and Harm the Public
H.R. 732, the "Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017," is a deeply flawed measure that would undermine the ability of civil law enforcement agencies to provide relief to victims of systemic misconduct. The bill would prohibit settlement agreements that authorize payments to parties not "directly and proximately" harmed by the unlawful conduct of the settling defendant. In doing so, H.R. 732 would prevent civil enforcement agencies from tailoring remedies to address generalized harms to unidentifiable victims, public health and safety, or the environment.
H.R. 732, the "Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2017," would prohibit the federal government from entering into or enforcing any settlement agreement requiring donations to remediate harms that are not "directly and proximately" caused by a wrongdoer's unlawful conduct.
I oppose H.R. 732 for several reasons.
H.R. 4092, the "Agricultural Guestworker Act," is yet the latest attempt by the Majority to address one aspect of our Nation's broken immigration system. And, on at least two prior occasions, our Committee has considered previous iterations of this legislation.
Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep. John Conyers, Jr., the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to an announcement that Chairmen Trey Gowdy and Bob Goodlatte are opening a partisan Republican investigation into decisions made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2016:
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I am pleased to join my colleague, Energy and Commerce Ranking Member Frank Pallone, in sponsoring this important event.
Today's Forum brings together some of the Nation's leading experts from the medical research and athletic communities to review the causes, effects, and treatments of concussions and other head trauma.
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers Jr. (D-MI.) delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee's markup of H.R. 2228, the "Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act of 2017"
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers Jr. (D-MI.) delivered the following remarks during the House Judiciary Committee's markup of H.R. 4010 the Congressional Subpoena Compliance and Enforcement Act of 2017.