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Conyers on Obama Administration’s Plan to Close Prison Facility at Guantanamo Bay
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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement after the White House unveiled its roadmap for closing the U.S. military prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: “It is long past time to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay. The prison undermines our national security. It costs hundreds of millions of dollars to operate. It remains a bli... Read more » Letter to AG Lynch, re: OLC RFRA 2007 Opinion
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Letter- AG Lynch re OLC RFRA 2.22.16.pdf Read more » Senior House Judiciary Committee Democrats Express Concern Over Government Attempts to Undermine Encryption
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Earlier this week, through a court order, the United States government demanded that Apple Inc. help the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) develop software in an effort to break the encryption on an iPhone that was recovered after the recent shootings in San Bernardino, California. The government cited the “All Writs Act,” enacted in 1789, to demand that the technology company create a new ver... Read more » House Judiciary Committee Democrats Request Hearing on Role of Emergency Managers in Michigan (letter)
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Letter - House Judiciary Democrats to Chairman Goodlatte re MI EM Law 2.12.16.pdf » Read more » House Judiciary Democrats Request Hearing on the Role of Emergency Managers in Flint and Detroit, Michigan
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Today, all sixteen Democratic Members of the U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary issued a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) requesting a hearing to examine the role of Emergency Financial Managers (EFM) in financially distressed cities in Michigan. In the letter, the Members request that the Committee “conduct hearings concerning the operation of the Michigan Emergency Manager Law and its ... Read more » House Judiciary Committee Democrats Request Hearing on Role of Emergency Managers in Michigan (letter)
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Letter - House Judiciary Democrats to Chairman Goodlatte re MI EM Law 2.12.16.pdf Read more » Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. at hearing on the EB5 Immigrant Visa Investor Program
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“Today’s hearing focuses on the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program. When Congress established the program in 1990, the intention was to create jobs for American citizens and to bring new investment capital to the United States. “I believe that the EB-5 Program can have a positive impact on distressed urban and rural communities by providing a source of jobs and investment. However, there are fundamen... Read more » House Judiciary Committee Approves Bipartisan Prison Reform Legislation
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H.R. 759, the "Recidivism Risk Reduction Act," is part of the House Judiciary Committee’s criminal justice reform initiative The House Judiciary Committee today approved by voice vote the Corrections and Recidivism Reduction Act (H.R. 759) to reform the federal prison system, strengthen public safety, enhance prison security, provide inmates the help they need, and protect civil liberties. This le... Read more » Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. Markup of H.R. 759, the “Recidivism Risk Reduction Act"
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“I commend the Chairman for bringing H.R. 759 before the Committee today. It is critical, as part of the Committee’s efforts to reform our criminal justice system, that we take action to improve our federal prisons, and I am pleased that today we will consider a bipartisan, substitute amendment to this bill which will establish a better way of operating our prisons. “The massive growth of our pris... Read more » Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
