House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (MI-13) today gave the following statement during the hearing of H.R. 2887, the "No Regulation Without Representation Act of 2017." Before I begin my remarks, I’d like to take a moment to recognize Joseph Ehrenkrantz for his dedicated service to the House of Representatives. Over the past two years, he has diligently served the House Judiciary... Read more »
The Markup Will Stream Live Here On Wednesday, July 26, 2017, the House Judiciary Committee will consider Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and David Cicilline’s (RI-01) resolution of inquiry requesting the Trump administration to release any and all information pertaining to Attorney General Sessions’ involvement in the firing of FBI Director James Comey in violation of his recusal and rela... Read more »
On Monday, July 24, 2017 at 3:00 p.m., Representatives Steve Cohen (D-TN), Mark Sanford (R-SC), and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) will host a bipartisan forum on freedom of the press entitled, “The State of Press Freedom in 21st Century America.” The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides, among other things, that “Congress shall make no law ... Read more »
Yesterday, in an interview with the New York Times, President Donald Trump indicated his contempt for the leadership of the Department of Justice. The President directly attacked the credibility and fairness of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller. President Trump also warned Special Counsel Mu... Read more »
Ahead of Trump’s voter commission’s first meeting, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. convened a forum with the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus and House Judiciary Committee Democrats to examine voting rights and privacy concerns related to recent requests made by the commission’s co-chair, Kansas Secre... Read more »
Ahead of Trump’s voter commission’s first meeting, the Congressional Black Caucus and House Judiciary Committee Democrats will host a forum on Tuesday, July 18, 2017 at 3p.m. to examine voting rights and privacy concerns related to recent requests made by the commission’s co-chair, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach. In June, the Department of Justice and Pence-Kobach commission sent letters to... Read more »
Earlier today, the Department of Justice released a redacted copy of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s application for a security clearance in response to a lawsuit filed by watchdog group American Oversight. The form asks if Sessions “had any contact with a foreign government, its establishment . . . or its representatives, whether inside or outside the U.S.” Mr. Sessions responded: “No.” At a hea... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations Chairman Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) reintroduced the bipartisan Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2017 (VRAA), which would fully restore and modernize the original Voting Rights Act (VRA) of 1965 to reflect today’s societal needs and c... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (MI-13) today gave the following statement during the markup of H.R. 2851, the “Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017.” H.R. 2851, the “Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act of 2017,” is intended to address the problem of the illicit use of analog synthetic drugs. This bill involves im... Read more »
Today, all seventeen Democratic members of the House Committee on the Judiciary wrote to Attorney General Jeff Sessions to request information about his decision to abruptly settle United States v. Prevezon Holdings Ltd, a money laundering case that the Department of Justice (DOJ) abruptly settled that involved Russia sanctions, New York real estate holdings, and the lawyer who met with Donald Tru... Read more »
