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 »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Chairman Robert C. “Bob” Goodlatte (R-Va.), Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman Howard Coble (R-N.C.), and Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) applauded the announcement that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Leahy (D-Vt.) ... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Hearing on: "Net Neutrality: Is Antitrust Law More Effective Than Regulation in Protecting Consumers and Innovation?" Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Friday, June 20, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. 2141 Rayburn Building I thank subcommittee chairman Spencer Bachus for holding this important hearing on net neutrality and the role of ... Read more »
Today, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a full committee Markup of H.R. 4874, the “Search for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act of 2014.” Section 101(K) of the bill funds a new Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission by taking $ 25 million or 1%, whichever is greater, of unobligated funding from federal agencies. Under any methodology this figure would... Read more »
