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CONYERS LEADS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS IN FILING AMICUS BRIEF OPPOSING SHERIFF JOE ARPAIO’S MOTION TO VACATE HIS CONVICTION FOLLOWING TRUMP’S PARDON

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY ), Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Subcommittee on the Consti... Read more »

Conyers, Lofgren, Levin, Kildee, Dingell & Lawrence: Trump's New Proclamation is His Most Dangerous Muslim Ban Yet

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13), Subcommittee on Immigration Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), and Representatives Sander Levin (MI-09), Dan Kildee (MI-05), Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) issued the following joint statement after President Donald Trump announced new travel restrictions: “Donald Trump’s proclamation is the latest version of ... Read more »

TOP DEMOCRATS ASK EQUIFAX, TRANSUNION, AND EXPERIAN: WILL YOU RESTORE CONSUMERS’ RIGHTS IN THE WAKE OF THE EQUIFAX DATA BREACH?

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Following the Equifax data breach of 143 million Americans’ personal information, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Rep. David N. Cicilline (D-RI), and Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), wrote to the three main cr... Read more »

Judiciary Dems Send Letter to Goodlatte after Republicans Double down on Refusal to Conduct Trump Oversight; Silence Dem Voices during Markup

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WATCH HERE Today, all House Judiciary Committee Democrats sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) after Republicans sabotaged a markup of Representatives David Cicilline (RI-01) and Pramila Jayapal’s (WA-07) resolution of inquiry last week that requested the Trump Administration to release information pertaining to the firing of FBI Director James Comey and Attorney General Sessions’ involv... Read more »

Ahead of Constitution Day, Conyers Introduces Resolution Urging Congress and the States to Reform the Electoral College

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In advance of Sunday’s Constitution Day, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) introduced H. Con. Res. 79, a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that it and the States should consider a constitutional amendment to reform the Electoral College and to establish a process for electing the President and Vice President by a national popular vote. The resolution also ... Read more »

Conyers & Jackson Lee Condemn DOJ Reversing Course on Community Policing Policies

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Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced they will drastically limit the scope of the Collaborative Reform Initiative of the DOJ COPS Office. This program was intended to work with police departments to review, grade, and monitor progress concerning certain aspects of how they interact and work with their communities. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Ho... Read more »