Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. In Support of Conyers Amendment to H.R. 4138, the “ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014" My amendment would exclude actions to combat discrimination and protect civil rights enforcement from the scope of the bill. The last thing we should want to do as a Congress is to pass legislation that makes it more difficult to protect our citizen's civil rights, by execut... Read more »
Today, the House of Representatives debated H.R. 4138 the, “Executive Needs to Faithfully Observe and Respect Congressional Enforcements of the Law (ENFORCE) Act.” This floor debate comes on the heels of the House Judiciary Committee having held a full committee markup on the legislation and a hearing a week prior entitled, “Enforcing the president’s Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the L... Read more »
Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. For Floor Debate on H.R. 4138, the “Executive Needs to Faithfully Observe and Respect Congressional Enactments of the Law Act” Wednesday, March 12, 2014 [I yield myself such time as I may consume] M. Speaker, the ENFORCE Act, like so many other bills we have considered this Congress, is truly a solution in search of an imaginary problem. As was made cle... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Hearing on: Exploring Alternative Solutions on the Internet Sales Tax Issue Full Committee Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. 2141 Rayburn Building Since the Supreme Court’s 1992 Quill decision, Congress has considered various legislative responses. These include the Main Street Fairness Act and the Marketplace Fairness Act, which the Senate overw... Read more »
Today, the Over-Criminalization Task Force, a bipartisan working group convened by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee to consider reforms to the criminal justice system, held a hearing entitled “Criminal Code Reform.” After delivering his opening remarks, Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement: "Over the past several decades, the number of federal crimes has grow... Read more »
Today, President Obama announced a new initiative called “My Brother’s Keeper” to address poverty, violence and incarceration rates among young men of color. Specifically, the Obama Administration will create a new presidential task force, the “My Brother’s Keeper Task Force,” that will assess which federal policies are aiding young men of color and which are failing them. Additionally, leading fo... Read more »
Today, the U.S. House of Representatives considered and passed H.R. 2804, the “All Economic Regulations are Transparent (ALERT) Act of 2014.” Following passage of the legislation, ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement: “I am increasingly disheartened as my Republican colleagues brought yet another ideologically driven, anti-regul... Read more »
Today, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a full committee hearing entitled, “Enforcing the President’s Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws.” After the hearing concluded, Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) delivered the following statement: Throughout the course of United States history, Presidents have exercised their constitutional authority to undertake executive act... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Hearing on: Enforcing the President's Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws Full Committee Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. 2138 Rayburn Building A discussion about enforcing the president’s constitutional duty to faithfully execute the laws would be a fruitful undertaking if there was any evidence that the president has, in fact... Read more »
Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Congressman Dan Benishek, M.D. (R-Mich.) introduced H.R. 4077, the “Quality Health Care Coalition Act of 2014.” This legislation provides a limited antitrust exemption for physicians in negotiations with private insurance companies, giving health care providers the ability to negotiate contract terms on an equal level with insurers, including term... Read more »
