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Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.
Hearing on: "Music Licensing Under Title 17 Part One"
Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
Tuesday, June 1, 2014 at 10:00 A.M.
2141 Rayburn Building
Today we will continue to assess the current music licensing system and explore if there are ways that the system can be improved. This is the first of two hearings we will have this month to study these issues and I support multiple hearings because there are many complex interrelated issues to examine.
Today, the House of Representatives voted 345-59 to approve H.R. 4681, the "Intelligence Authorization for Fiscal Years 2014 and 2015." After voting against the legislation, U.S. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich) issued the following statement:
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.
Hearing on: Penalties
Over-Criminalization Task Force
Friday, May 30, 2014 at 9:00 A.M.
2237 Rayburn Building
Today, Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) joined with Congressman George Holding (R-N.C.) in introducing new legislation to ensure satellite and Internet radio services pay royalties they owe to legendary musicians and artists. Digital radio services today claim a legal loophole allows them to broadcast music recorded before February 15, 1972 without paying anything to the artists and labels that created it, shortchanging all music creators who were creating music before the early '70s.
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.
Hearing on: Oversight of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Full Committee
Thursday, May 29, 2014 at 10:00 A.M.
2141 Rayburn Building
Congressman George Holding (R-N.C.) and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) will hold a press conference on THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2014 at NOON to introduce bipartisan legislation, the "Respecting Senior Performers as Essential Cultural Treasures" or the "RESPECT" Act. The RESPECT Act ensures older artists receive fair pay from the digital radio services that use their work.
The House of Representatives today approved by a vote of 302-121 the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 3361), a bipartisan bill authored by Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) that ends bulk collection of data by the government and reforms our nation's intelligence-gathering programs operated under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr.
Floor Statement on: H.R. 3361, the "USA FREEDOM Act"
Thursday, May 22, 2014
The version of the bill pending before us today is not a perfect vehicle. There is more we can do – and must do – to ensure '[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and affects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.' But let me be clear: the compromise bill before us today is a significant improvement over the status quo. And it is a good bill.
Following the announcement of the AT&T and DirecTV proposed merger, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Chairman Spencer Bachus (R-Ala.), Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), and Subcommittee Ranking Member Hank Johnson (D-Ga.) issued the following joint statement: