Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) issued statements strongly opposing efforts by Republicans to overturn anti-discrimination bills that protect workplace equality, reproductive choice, and educational equality in the District of Columbia. Ranking Member Conyers stated: “... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), along with United States Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and David Vitter (R-LA) introduced bipartisan legislation to restore the effective one-year protection, known as the “grace period,” for inventors who publicly disclose discoveries prior to filing a patent application on those discoveries. The Grace P... Read more »
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- Today, House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), along with Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Vice Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, and fellow co-sponsor Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL), a senior Member of the Hous... Read more »
Today, Rep. John Conyers, Jr. announced his support of efforts to ensure that America’s immigration laws reflect American values by joining 180 House Democrats in filing an amicus brief in support of the Obama Administration’s appeal in the Fifth Circuit case of Texas v. United States. The case has reached the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals following a federal district court ruling that grant... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Full Committee Hearing on: Wrecking the Internet to Save it? The FCC’s Net Neutrality Rule Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. 2141 Rayburn Building The Judiciary Committee has a central role in studying the issue of net neutrality and, more generally, competition on the Internet. As the committee considers today the specific question of what impact... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to formally investigate the police-involved beating of Floyd Dent, an unarmed African American man, which occurred in Inkster, Michigan. On January 28, 2015, Inkster Police pulled over Floyd Dent after alleging he ran a stop sign. D... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement after the White House announced the commutation of the sentences of 22 individuals - each of whom had been convicted of drug offenses: “I welcome and applaud the commutations of the sentences of these individuals. Incarcerating people for unwarranted lengths of time serves no constructive purpose. The ... Read more »
Letters: 3/04/15 - Immigrant Justice Network 3/05/15 - American Civil Liberties Union 3/03/15 - National Council of Asian Pacific Americans 3/03/15 - Asian Americans Advancing Justice 3/03/15 - American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) 3/04/15 - Advocates for Human Rights 3/03/15 - Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, Women's Refugee Commission and Kids in Need of ... Read more »
Letters: 2/04/15 - National Immigration Forum 3/02/15 - American Farm Bureau Federation 3/17/15 - Agriculture Workforce Coalition 3/02/15 - U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Committee on Migration 3/04/15 - American Immigration Lawyers Association 2/28/15 - Heger Farms (ND) 3/03/15 - Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service 3/03/15 - National Immigration Law Center 3/04/15 - Immigrant Justice N... Read more »
