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Conyers, Hoyer & Ranking Members Send Letter to President Obama Urging Briefings on Russian Interference in U.S. Election

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. joined Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel, Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith, and Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Adam Schiff sent a l... Read more »

Conyers, Hoyer & Ranking Members Send Letter to President Obama Urging Briefings on Russian Interference in U.S. Election

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. joined Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel, Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith, and Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Adam Schiff sent a l... Read more »

Conyers, Hoyer & Ranking Members Send Letter to President Obama Urging Briefings on Russian Interference in U.S. Election

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. joined Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Eliot Engel, Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Adam Smith, and Intelligence Committee Ranking Member Adam Schiff sent a l... Read more »

Conyers, Lewis & Sensenbrenner Applaud House Passage of Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act

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Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 2854/ H.R. 5067, the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act. The Till bill's primary purpose is to provide federal resources to local jurisdictions in the resolution of civil rights era cold cases. This reauthorization represents a recommitment to the original goals of the bill as well as the strengthening and clarification o... Read more »

The Electoral College and the Future of American Democracy

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Hillary Clinton has so far earned a historic 2.5 million more popular votes than Donald Trump, yet Mr. Trump won more Electoral College votes and the presidency. According to press reports, several members of the Electoral College were trying to persuade their colleagues to vote for a candidate other than Mr. Trump when the College casts its votes on December 19th. House Judiciary Committee Ranki... Read more »

Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers Discuss Policing and Criminal Justice Reform

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) joined C-SPAN Newsmakers to discuss the bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group and the Committee’s efforts to reform our nation’s criminal justice system. C-SPAN’s co-CEO Susan Swain moderated the interview and Kimbriell Kelly of the Washington Post and Jesse Holland of the Associated Press int... Read more »

Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. for the Forum on “The Electoral College and the Future of American Democracy”

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I want to thank the Members and panelists for participating in today’s forum on the Electoral College. We are holding this panel because recent elections and public sentiment have made it clear that there are serious problems with the present system for electing our President and Vice President. We begin with the fact that Hillary Clinton received more than 2.5 million more popular votes than Dona... Read more »

Conyers, Nadler & Cohen Call on President Obama to Release Full Torture Report Before Administration Ends

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Subcommittee on the Constitution Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-TN), Subcommittee on Intellectual Property Ranking Member, and former chair of the Subcommittee on the Constitution Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) wrote to President Barack Obama today to urge that he swiftly declassify and release the full version of the Senate Intelligence Com... Read more »

More Than 50 House Democrats Call on Obama Administration to Completely Dismantle Discriminatory NSEERS Registration System Before New Administration Begins

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In the wake of reports about the Trump Administration’s plans to create a special registration program for Muslims, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Representatives Luis V. Gutiérrez (D-IL), Judy Chu (D-CA) and Keith Ellison (D-MN), today led more than 50 House Democrats in calli... Read more »