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Today, Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following joint statement:
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr (D-MI), along with Congressional Black Caucus Chair Cedric Richmond (D-LA) and House Judiciary Committee Members Reps. Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), and Jamie Raskin (D-MD), today released the following joint statement after the Republican led House Committee on Administration voted on party lines to repeal the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) yesterday:
MEMBERS SAY: TRUMP MUST RESPECT THE SEPARATION OF POWERS THAT IS SO CRITICAL TO OUR DEMOCRACY
Today's forum comes as our Nation stands at a crossroads. For decades, we have granted safe haven to families fleeing persecution and violence. Will we continue down that path of refuge, tolerance, and inclusion pursued across parties and Administrations, or will we veer down the path of intolerance, xenophobia, and paranoia as the current Administration appears to be heading?
If we are to correct course, it will require each and every participant in our republic to take action.
More than 100 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by House Judiciary Committee Member Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), and House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), wrote to the Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly condemning the President's Muslim ban executive order and calling for a full Member-wide briefing no later than Friday, February 3, 2017.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives held a forum examining and discussing President Donald Trump's recent Muslim and refugee ban Executive Order entitled, "Not Who We Are: An Examination of Trump's Un-American Muslim and Refugee Ban," and the ensuing actions taken by the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State to implement the order.
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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-LA) today released the following statements in response to President Donald Trump's nomination of Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court vacancy:
House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Ranking Member David N. Cicilline (D-RI) released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to eliminate critical protections for consumers' health and product safety, environmental protections, workplace safety, and consumer financial protections:
"Our Federal regulations create jobs and ensure the safety of our food, water and air are not undermined.
Tonight, in a letter to her senior leadership, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates ordered attorneys at the Department of Justice not to defend legal challenges to President Trump's immigration order-which bans entry into the United States to travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries and to refugees from around the world. Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response: