Yesterday, President-elect Donald Trump announced that U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) would be his choice for U.S. Attorney General. We need an Attorney General who represents the American people’s best interests by fighting to strengthen voting rights, prevent violence against women, and work to reform our broken immigration system, among other priorities. Senator Sessions was denied a federal... Read more »
This morning, President-elect Donald Trump announced that U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) would be his choice for Attorney General. We need an Attorney General who represents the American people’s best interests by fighting to strengthen voting rights, prevent violence against women, and work to reform our broken immigration system, among other priorities. Senator Sessions was denied a federal j... Read more »
While the purpose of H.R. 1669, the “Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2016,” is ostensibly to promote greater transparency in government, I fear that its real purpose is to once again attack the Obama Administration’s integrity. The bill would require the Treasury Department to publicly disclose via the Internet various details about payments it makes on claims paid out of the Judgment Fund, most... Read more »
President-elect Donald Trump has made two more troubling additions to his transition team. Frank Gaffney, founder of the hard-right Center for Security Policy, has spent two decades advancing conspiracy theories and anti-Muslim rhetoric. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach is the chief architect of anti-immigrant measures in several states, including Arizona’s controversial and unconstitutional ... Read more »
H.R. 5422 is a bipartisan measure intended to ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline. This commonsense bill would direct funding to the Department of Health and Human Services to administer the grant money for this Hotline. The crime of human trafficking is a terrible scourge that deprives people of their dignity, humanity, and freedom. Men, women, and children are held against ... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) joined 169 members of the U.S. House, led by Congressman David N. Cicilline (D-RI), in sending a letter asking President-elect Donald Trump to rescind alt-right leader Steve Bannon’s appointment as White House Chief Strategist. Although Republican members of the House were invited to sign Cicilline’s letter, none did so. Yest... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today released the following statement in response to the news that President-elect Donald Trump has named Breitbart News Executive Chairman Steve Bannon as White House Chief Strategist: “Steve Bannon is the standard-bearer for the worst instincts in American society. “Whether or not Mr. Bannon personally trades in violence, racism,... Read more »
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16 10:00 a.m. Full Committee Markup H.R. 5422, “To ensure funding for the National Human Trafficking Hotline, and for other purposes” H.R. 1669, the “Judgment Fund Transparency Act of 2015” 2237 Rayburn House Office Building Read more »
Detroit, MI – House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13) today released the following statement on the passing of former United States Attorney General Janet Reno: “For eight years I worked with Janet Reno and for many more she remained a great friend. Janet broke barriers as the first woman to serve our nation as U.S. Attorney General. Throughout her career, she served our... Read more »
