The House Judiciary Committee has announced the following hearings and meeting for next week. TUESDAY, JUNE 2 10:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Hearing on: Nexus Issues: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2315, the “Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Simplification Act of 2015”, H.R. 1643 the “Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2015”, and H.R. __ the “B... Read more »
“These amendments only serve to weaken the House-passed bill and postpone timely enactment of legislation that responsibly protects national security while enhancing civil liberty protections.” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim S... Read more »
Following the Senate vote to proceed with debate on the USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048), House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.... Read more »
Following the Senate vote rejecting the USA Freedom Act, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the following joi... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-M.) and Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) released the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the Justice Department’s request for an emergency stay in Texas, et al. v. United States, et al., the multi-state lawsuit against President Obama’s ex... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the following statement regarding attempts at a short-term extensio... Read more »
Today, more than 70 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Congresswoman Barbara Lee, sent a letter to President Obama to adopt a federal fair chance hiring policy. This effort was co-led by Reps. Conyers (D-MI), Bobby Scott (D-VA), Danny Davis (D-IL), and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX). “The federal government should not be in the business of erecting barriers between those who have made... Read more »
Today, U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA), U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and 56 other members of Congress sent a letter calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to undertake a rulemaking to prohibit forced arbitration agreements in consumer financial services and products. On March 10, 2015, the CFPB issued a report finding that more than three in four consumers were unaware of forced a... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), and Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) issued the following statement urging the Senate to pass the USA Freedom A... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Hearing on: Policing Strategies for the 21st Century Committee on the Judiciary Tuesday, May 19, 2015 2141 Rayburn Building Law enforcement accountability is an issue that is very topical given current events, but also one that has long been a concern of mine and many other members. As a member of Congress, I have stood on the streets of Detroit with a... Read more »
