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April 15, 2015

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) issued statements strongly opposing efforts by Republicans to overturn anti-discrimination bills that protect workplace equality, reproductive choice, and educational equality in the District of Columbia.

Ranking Member Conyers stated:


April 14, 2015

Today, House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), along with United States Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and David Vitter (R-LA) introduced bipartisan legislation to restore the effective one-year protection, known as the "grace period," for inventors who publicly disclose discoveries prior to filing a patent application on those discoveries.


April 7, 2015

Today, Rep. John Conyers, Jr. announced his support of efforts to ensure that America's immigration laws reflect American values by joining 180 House Democrats in filing an amicus brief in support of the Obama Administration's appeal in the Fifth Circuit case of Texas v. United States. The case has reached the U.S.

Issues: Immigration

April 3, 2015
Opening Statement

Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.
Full Committee Hearing on: Wrecking the Internet to Save it? The FCC's Net Neutrality Rule

Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 2:00 P.M.
2141 Rayburn Building

The Judiciary Committee has a central role in studying the issue of net neutrality and, more generally, competition on the Internet. As the committee considers today the specific question of what impact the Federal Communications Commission's latest open Internet order has on competition and innovation, we should keep several factors in mind.


April 3, 2015

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to formally investigate the police-involved beating of Floyd Dent, an unarmed African American man, which occurred in Inkster, Michigan.


April 1, 2015

Today, House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement after the White House announced the commutation of the sentences of 22 individuals - each of whom had been convicted of drug offenses: