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Today, U.S. Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) introduced a bill to repeal the Congressional Review Act, a measure Republicans have exploited this year to overturn public health, environmental, and consumer protections while advancing special interests.
Washington, D.C. (May 15, 2017) – Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and John Conyers, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to press reports that President Donald Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian diplomats:
Today, after President Donald Trump tweeted "better hope that there are no 'tapes' of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press!" Rep. John Conyers, Jr., the Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to White House Counsel Donald F.
Today, the Department of Justice announced the issuance of memorandum from Attorney General Jeff Sessions to all federal prosecutors, establishing new policies for charging criminal offenses and seeking sentences when convictions are obtained. The memorandum explicitly rescinds prior memoranda of the Department of Justice, which includes memoranda issued by former Attorney General Eric Holder.
Washington, D.C. (May 12, 2017)-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Rep.
Today, all seventeen Democratic Members of the House Committee on the Judiciary sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), urging the Chairman to conduct immediate hearings into the firing of James Comey.
After President Donald Trump abruptly fired Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director James Comey, all Democratic members of the House Committee on the Judiciary, led by House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), sent a letter to the U.S.