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Washington, D.C. (Oct. 28, 2016) – Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings and John Conyers, Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform and Judiciary, sent the following letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch and FBI Director James Comey:
October 28, 2016
The Honorable Loretta E. Lynch The Honorable James Comey
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) released the following statements after the White House announced the commutation of the sentences of 98 individuals this week:
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today released the following statement:
"There has already been a lengthy and thorough investigation into Secretary Clinton's use of a personal email server. Nothing in today's letter suggests that the FBI or the Department of Justice will reach a different conclusion than the one they reached months ago, when they decided criminal prosecution was unwarranted.
A bipartisan coalition of Senate and House lawmakers today asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch to provide Congress with more information about a proposed expansion of government hacking and surveillance powers.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) today issued the following joint statement after the announcement that Maria Pallante, the former Register of Copyrights, will be leaving the U.S. Copyright Office:
Yesterday, in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the House Judiciary Committee's majority alleged that newly-released FBI interview notes "raise serious questions about whether Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy violated federal laws . . . by offering a 'quid pro quo' to the FBI." The interview notes contain no factual basis for these claims:
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As early as January 2016, the Inspector General for the Department of State concluded that there was no undue or inappropriate influence in the review and classification of Secretary Clinton's emails.
Detroit, MI – House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice announced plans to collect data on the use of force by law enforcement officers:
Washington, D.C. (Oct. 14, 2016)-Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, John Conyers, Jr., Eliot L. Engel, and Bennie G. Thompson, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, and Homeland Security, issued the following statement in response to evidence that the Trump campaign apparently knew months beforehand about the hacking of emails from the account of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta:
Detroit, MI – House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13) today announced more than $2 million in federal funding for police departments in Detroit and Melvindale. The federal funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Justice COPS Hiring Program (CHP) and will be used to hire law enforcement officers, and to enhance community policing and crime prevention efforts.
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States constituted the deadliest foreign attack on American soil in our Nation's history.
Their impact has been immeasurable as evidenced by the fact that we are still grappling with their cultural and policy implications.
And, 15 years later, their powerful emotional effect on Americans remains as strong as ever.
Those who lost loved ones or were injured as a result of this horrific attack deserve our deepest sympathy and our help.