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July 22, 2015

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers Jr. (D-MI) and House Judiciary Immigration Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) issued a letter to House Speaker John A. Boehner urging that House Leadership honor their commitment to regular order. H.R. 3009, the "Enforce the Law for Sanctuary Cities Act," is being rushed to the House floor this week without any committee review of the legislation.

Issues: Immigration

July 22, 2015
Letters
Funding request for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) Program and the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs in the FY2016 Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Cmtte. appropriations bill
Issues: Crime Government Oversight
Subcommittees

July 17, 2015

On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Judiciary Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson lee (D-TX) will unveil a package of legislative proposals to reform policing and youth incarceration.

WHO: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI)

House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX)


July 16, 2015

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) released the following joint statement in response to the decision to open an investigation into allegations that Planned Parenthood altered procedures to "sell" fetal tissues for profit:


July 14, 2015

Today, U.S. Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Thomas Massie (R-KY), Bill Foster (D-Ill.), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Scott Peters (D-Calif.) and Curt Clawson (R-FL) and U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and David Vitter (R-La.) held a joint press conference to highlight the broad opposition to sweeping anti-patent legislation moving through Congress.