Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. Markup of H.R. 5036, the “Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014" Committee on the Judiciary Thursday, July 10, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. 2141 Rayburn House Office Building H.R. 5036, the “Satellite Television Access Reauthorization Act of 2014,” extends for five years the license authorization provided for in section 119 of the Copyright Act... Read more »
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(DETROIT) – Today, the White House made public that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has no intention of bringing immigration reform legislation up for a vote on the House Floor. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) delivered the following statement after President Obama’s announcement that he will take administrative steps in the coming months to reform the country’s ... Read more »
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, ruling that closely-held for-profit companies with religious objections can opt out of providing contraception coverage under the Affordable Care Act. After the ruling, Ranking Members John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) delivered the foll... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Hearing on: Collateral Consequences Thursday, June 26, 2014 at 9:30 A.M. 2237 Rayburn Building Our nation is in the midst of an over-criminalization crisis, the causes of which have been long in the making. Ill-conceived charging and sentencing policies have led to an explosive growth our prison population over the past 40 years. Even though the Unite... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Hearing on: "An Administration Made Disaster: The South Texas Border Surge of Unaccompanied Alien Minors" Committee on the Judiciary Wednesday, June 25 2014 at 2:00 pm 2141 Rayburn I would like to welcome our witnesses to this important hearing today and thank them in advance for their participation. I had hoped that we could have a balanced discussion... Read more »
Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision in McCullen v. Coakley, striking down a Massachusetts state law requiring a 35-foot fixed buffer zone around healthcare clinics while affirming the legality of buffer zones generally. After the ruling, Ranking Members John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice Ranking Member Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) delivered th... Read more »
Today, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a full committee hearing entitled, “An Administration Made Disaster: The South Texas Border Surge of Unaccompanied Alien Minors.” This hearing comes as a humanitarian crisis in parts of Central America is felt along the Southwest border of the United States - where thousands of children have arrived in recent weeks - largely as a result of violence oc... Read more »
Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. for the Hearing on: Trade Secrets: Promoting and Protecting American Innovation, Competitiveness and Market Access in Foreign Markets Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. 2141 Rayburn House Office Building This hearing will allow us to examine trade secrets law and consider whethe... Read more »
Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. for the Hearing on: “The Proposed Merger of AT&T and DIRECTV” Before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. 2141 Rayburn House Office Building Today, we consider the proposed merger of AT&T, the nation’s second-largest seller of high-speed Internet and wireless telephone services, with D... Read more »
