One year ago today, eight members of the U.S. Senate – Senators Schumer, Durbin, McCain, Rubio, Bennet, Menendez, Flake and Graham – introduced S. 744, the “Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.” This comprehensive overhaul of the U.S. immigration system would bring millions of undocumented immigrants out of the shadows, strengthen American businesses, families,... Read more »
Today, U.S. House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) reintroduced the “Democracy Restoration Act of 2014.” This legislation would reinstate the right to vote in federal elections for millions of Americans with a past conviction who are currently out of prison. In the United States today, there are more than 5.8 million individuals who are ineligible to vote due to a felony convic... Read more »
Today, Representative John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.), ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-N.Y.), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led an 82 member letter to President Barack Obama urging him to renew enforcement of the ban on imported military-style firearms that was previously enforced during the H.W. Bush and Clinton administrat... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Hearing on: Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice Full Committee Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. 2141 Rayburn Building Mr. Chairman, I would like to begin by asking you to join me in reminding our members that we must conduct ourselves in a manner that befits the House Judiciary Committee. The attorney general of the United States is our gue... Read more »
(ANN ARBOR) – Today, in a 5-4 ruling, the United States Supreme Court ruled in McCutcheon v. FEC that the aggregate limits imposed on campaign contributions through the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 are invalid under the First Amendment. Since significant First Amendment interests were at stake in this case, the Court held that the aggregate limits imposed by Congress on campaign contribu... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisc.) and Crime Subcommittee Ranking Member Bobby Scott (D-Va.) issued the joint statement below following President Obama’s proposal to end the bulk telephone data collection program operated under... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Hearing on: Innocence for Sale: Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. 2141 Rayburn Building Today’s hearing examines the growing epidemic of minor sex trafficking, an absolutely abhorrent practice, that each year entraps more than 100,000 minors - ro... Read more »
Today, media outlets reported that the White House would propose legislation that would allow the NSA to obtain individual phone records only with the approval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. This morning, the leadership of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence introduced legislation to end bulk collection but allows the government to continue to seize phone records ... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Hearing on: "Section 512 of Title 17" Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Thursday, March 13, 2014 at 9:30 A.M. 2141 Rayburn Building Today’s hearing provides an important opportunity for us to examine online service provider liability, and the effectiveness of section 512 of title 17 of the United States Code. Section 512 c... Read more »
Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. For the Floor Debate on H.R. 3973, the “Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014" Wednesday, March 12, 2014 [I yield such time as I may consume] M. Speaker: As with our consideration of H.R. 4138, the ENFORCE Act, I must note the lack of deliberative process pertaining to the consideration of this bill. Like the ENFORCE Act, the Judiciary Committee fai... Read more »
