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NACDL Support Letter for HR 4002.pdf » Read more »

Leadership Conference Letter supporting HR 3713 2015 11 17.pdf » Read more »

Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13) issued the following statement in response to various calls to suspend efforts to accept Syrian refugees: “In the midst of a global refugee crisis, we cannot turn our backs on the world’s refugees. Millions of Syrians are fleeing the very violence and depravity in their war-torn home country that we saw on gruesome display i... Read more »

House Judiciary Committee Unveils Bills to Address Federal Over-Criminalization These bills are part of the Committee’s bipartisan criminal justice reform initiative As part of the House Judiciary Committee’s criminal justice reform initiative, members of the House Judiciary Committee unveiled four bills to rein in the explosion of federal criminal law, commonly referred to as over-criminalization... Read more »

Tuesday, November 17, 2015 Full Committee 10:00 a.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building Hearing on: Oversight of the United States Department of Justice Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law 3:00 p.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building Hearing on: The State of Competition in the Pharmacy Benefits Manager and Pharmacy Marketplaces Wednesday, November 18 Full Committe... Read more »

AG Lynch HJC Oversight Testimony (17Nov15).pdf » Read more »

U.S. Representatives John Conyers, Jr.(D-Mich.), Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member on the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, delivered the following statement today after the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion Monday evening upholding a Texas district court ruling against Department of Homeland Security immigration directives issued... Read more »

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) issued this statement following the announcement that former Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) passed away on Tuesday evening. “It is with very heavy hearts that we mark the passing of Howard Coble, a man we were both honored to call a friend. Howard was a true public servant, from his years of military ser... Read more »

“The growth of the United States economy relies on the expansion of the global digital economy and efficient cross-border data flow. “According to the U.S. International Trade Commission, digital trade increased U.S. average wages by nearly 5 percent and spurred the creation of about 2.4 million full time positions in 2011. That same year, digital trade also increased our Nation’s annual Gross Dom... Read more »

Tuesday, November 3, 2015 Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law 10:00 a.m. in 2141 Rayburn House Office Building Hearing on: H.R. 3438, the “Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act of 2015” H.R.2631, the “Regulatory Predictability for Business Growth Act of 2015” Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet 1:00 p.m. in 2141 Raybu... Read more »