Today, during a full House Judiciary Committee hearing on “Wrecking the Internet to Save It? The FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules,” Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) delivered the following opening statement: “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 o... Read more »
Letters: 3/03/15 - National Task Force to End Domestic and Sexual Violence 3/01/15 - Safe Passage Project 3/02/15 - U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Committee on Migration 3/02/15 - Save the Children 3/02/15 - Refugee Council USA 3/04/15 - Immigrant Justice Network 3/02/15 - Feerick Center for Social Justice, Fordham Law School 3/03/15 - National Council of Asian Pacific Americans 3/03/15 - As... Read more »
– Yesterday, lead sponsors Rep. John Lewis (GA-5), House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (MD-5), Assistant Democratic Leader James Clyburn (SC-6), Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13), and Rep. Robert Brady (PA-1) and more than 170 Democrats reintroduced the Voter Empowerment Act in the House of Representatives. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York will introduce a companion version in the Senate. The Vo... Read more »
Letters and Other Documents Opposing H.R. 1148, the "Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act" Letters:2/10/15 - Law Enforcement Immigration Task Force 3/04/15 - Immigrant Justice Network 3/10/15 - National Conference of State Legislatures, The U.S. Conference of Mayors, National Association of Counties, and National League of Cities 3/03/15 - National Task Force to End S... Read more »
Today, U.S. House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) reintroduced H.R. 1459, the “Democracy Restoration Act of 2015.” Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) yesterday introduced its Senate companion, S. 772. The bill would create uniform federal standards for returning the voting rights of ex-offenders to vote in federal elections. The legislation could result in returning the right to vote f... Read more »
House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers today introduced the Judicial Redress Act of 2015, which: Extends citizens of major U.S. allies the core benefits that Americans enjoy under the Privacy Act with regard to information shared with the United States for law enforcement purposes; Serves as an important show of support for our allies and is critical to ensure continued sharing of information... Read more »
Today, several educational, legal, human rights, and media organizations filed suit to challenge the National Security Agency’s “upstream collection” surveillance programs, which monitor all international Internet traffic by intercepting, copying and reviewing Americans’ communications en masse by intercepting telephone and Internet traffic from major Internet cables and switches, both foreign and... Read more »
