Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement in response to President Trump’s continued inflammatory rhetoric urging the National Football League (NFL) to fire players for protesting racial injustice: “President Donald Trump’s demands that the NFL team owners fire athletes who kneel or otherwise protest during the playing of the national... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-NY ), Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Ranking Member Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Subcommittee on the Consti... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13), Subcommittee on Immigration Ranking Member Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), and Representatives Sander Levin (MI-09), Dan Kildee (MI-05), Debbie Dingell (MI-12) and Brenda Lawrence (MI-14) issued the following joint statement after President Donald Trump announced new travel restrictions: “Donald Trump’s proclamation is the latest version of ... Read more »
Following the Equifax data breach of 143 million Americans’ personal information, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Rep. David N. Cicilline (D-RI), and Representatives Don Beyer (D-VA) and Henry C. “Hank” Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), wrote to the three main cr... Read more »
WATCH HERE Today, all House Judiciary Committee Democrats sent a letter to Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) after Republicans sabotaged a markup of Representatives David Cicilline (RI-01) and Pramila Jayapal’s (WA-07) resolution of inquiry last week that requested the Trump Administration to release information pertaining to the firing of FBI Director James Comey and Attorney General Sessions’ involv... Read more »
In advance of Sunday’s Constitution Day, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) introduced H. Con. Res. 79, a resolution expressing the sense of Congress that it and the States should consider a constitutional amendment to reform the Electoral College and to establish a process for electing the President and Vice President by a national popular vote. The resolution also ... Read more »
Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced they will drastically limit the scope of the Collaborative Reform Initiative of the DOJ COPS Office. This program was intended to work with police departments to review, grade, and monitor progress concerning certain aspects of how they interact and work with their communities. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Ho... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (MI-13) today submitted the following statement to the record in opposition to H.R. 3697, the so-called “Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act” M. Chair, H.R. 3697 is yet another exercise in false advertising by the Majority. Named the “Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act,” this legislation is so overbroad that it would lead to the deportat... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Republican Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC) introduced H.R. 3771, the House companion to U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Thom Tillis’ (R-N.C.) Special Counsel Integrity Act. The bill text is attached. If the special counsel is removed, the legislation allows the special counsel to challenge the removal in court, whi... Read more »
U.S. Representatives John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Ranking Member on the Immigration and Border Security Subcommittee, issued the following statement today after news reports indicated the Trump Administration was considering establishing a refugee ceiling of less than 50,000 for the 2018 fiscal year: “The Trump administra... Read more »
