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Top Judiciary Democrat & Congressional Black Caucus Chair Call for Any Voter Fraud Investigation to be Completed by Nonpartisan Independent Panel; Request Investigation into Voter Suppression
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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-LA) wrote to President Donald Trump to urge that if an investigation must be completed in regards to Trump’s voter fraud allegations, that it be completed by a non-partisan independent body and that the investigation also focus on voter suppression in the wake of th... Read more » Conyers and Richmond Letter to Trump on Voter Fraud Allegations
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Conyers and Richmond Letter to Trump on Voter Fraud Allegations Read more » Conyers, Nadler, Cohen & Raskin to Trump: Torture Is Wrong & Your Black Sites Order Is Illegal
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Today, the New York Times reported on a forthcoming Executive Order on “Detention and Interrogation of Enemy Combatants.” The order would permit the CIA “to reopen ‘black site’ prisons, like those where it detained and tortured terrorism suspects before President Obama shut them down.” The order would also reverse President Obama’s decision to give the International Committee of the Red Cross acce... Read more » Conyers on Trump’s Voter Fraud Claims: Let’s Focus On Facts
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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump’s statements on voter fraud: “As the only Member in the Congress who was present when the Voting Rights Act was first enacted in 1965, and as a Member who has devoted his entire career to the cause of protecting voting rights, I was shocked to learn that ev... Read more » Conyers Welcomes New Judiciary Democrats & Announces Subcommittee Assignments for 115th Congress
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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) welcomed four new Democratic Members to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and announced the new subcommittee structure for the 115th Congress. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) are new to the committee. Congressman Jamie Raskin, a former constitutional law professor, will serve in... Read more » House Judiciary Democrats Renew Call for Hearings on Trump’s Conflicts Of Interest
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All House Judiciary Democrats, led by Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), today renewed their request to have House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) hold hearings to examine the federal conflicts-of-interest and ethics laws that may apply to President Donald Trump. The members of the committee originally requested a hearing in November 2016, after then President-elect Donald ... Read more » Letter to Chairman Goodlatte re: Conflicts of Interest
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Letter to Chairman Goodlatte re: Conflicts of Interest Read more » Conyers & Jackson Lee Laud Obama’s Historic Presidential Commutations
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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and House Judiciary Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) released the following statements after the White House announced the commutation of the sentences of hundreds of individuals this week, which brings President Obama’s record to 1,715 commutations in total: Ranking Member Conyers said, “One of the great ... Read more » Conyers Statement on Architect of The Capitol’s Removal of Missouri Student’s Award-Winning Painting
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Detroit, MI – House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement after the Architect of the Capitol removed Untitled #1, the winning entry from Missouri’s 1st congressional district in the 2016 Congressional Art Competition following criticism of the artwork by Speaker Ryan and several GOP Members of Congress: “As the Dean of Congress and Ranking Mem... Read more » Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
