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Conyers & Cicilline Push for Hearing on White House Political Interference in Telecom, Media Industries

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Tags: Antitrust

U.S. House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13) and U.S. House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee Ranking Member David N. Cicilline (RI-01) pressed for a hearing on growing evidence of the Trump administration allowing politics to impact their review of mergers in the telecommunications and media industries. “We write to request that the House Judiciary Committee hold a heari... Read more »

Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. Oversight of the U.S. Department of Justice

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the ordinary course of business, any one of a dozen topics related to the Department of Justice would be worthy of its own hearing. And, to be clear, I would rather spend our time today discussing the upkeep of the criminal justice system, the enforcement of civil rights, and the work we must all do to ensure access to the ballot box. Instead, we must spend our time deb... Read more »

Conyers: Sessions Testimony Leaves Concerns about Independence & Integrity of DOJ

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Today, U.S. Department of Justice Attorney General Jeff Sessions testified before the House Judiciary Committee for the first time during its annual oversight hearing. Every Attorney General before Attorney General Sessions has testified before the House Judiciary Committee during their first six months of taking office. Watch the hearing on House Judiciary Democrats’ Facebook page here. Watch Her... Read more »

Conyers Statement on the USA Liberty Act

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers Jr. (D-MI.) delivered the following remarks the House Judiciary Committee’s Markup of H.R. 3989, the USA Liberty Act. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to begin by acknowledging the opposition to this bill. There are many in the civil liberties community who fear that H.R. 3989, the USA Liberty Act, does not accomplish every reform we had ... Read more »

Ahead of DOJ Oversight Hearing, House Judiciary Committee Democrats Put Sessions on Notice

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Today, ahead of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on November 14, 2017, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) led a letter signed by every Democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee to Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The letter was signed by every Democratic member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, including: Rep... Read more »

House Judiciary Committee Democrats Urge Goodlatte to Hold Hearings on Gun Violence

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Tags: Crime

Last week, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) led a letter signed by every democratic member of the House Judiciary Committee to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, urging him to hold hearings on gun violence in America. In their letter to Chairman Goodlatte, the Members wrote, “To be clear, we are not writing simply because of the high toll of death an... Read more »

Members of Congress Urge Supreme Court to Revisit Case Preventing States from Collecting Sales & Use Tax from Out-Of-State Businesses like Online Vendors

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U.S. Senators Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Dick Durbin (D-IL), and Lamar Alexander (R-TN), along with U.S. Representatives Kristi Noem (R-SD) and John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), today submitted an amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court urging the Court to reconsider and overturn a 25 year-old case determining whether states can require out-of-state businesses like online vendors to collect a... Read more »

In Wake of Trump Campaign Indictments & Russia Investigation Guilty Plea, Conyers Urges Goodlatte to Move in More Bipartisan Manner, Protect Special Counsel from Partisan Attacks

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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today sent a letter to Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), calling for him to widen the scope of the investigation he launched last week with Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Trey Gowdy into decisions made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2016, to include the firing of form... Read more »

Statement: Ranking Member Conyers on the Oversight of the United States Refugee Admissions Program

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers Jr. (D-MI.) delivered the following remarks the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Oversight of the United States Refugee Admissions Program, before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security WATCH HERE Over the course of today’s hearing on the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, there are several factors I want our witnesses t... Read more »

STATEMENT: RANKING MEMBER CONYERS’ ON H.R. 469, THE “SUNSHINE FOR REGULATIONS AND REGULATORY DECREES AND SETTLEMENTS ACT OF 2017"

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Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers Jr. (D-MI.) delivered the following remarks on the House Floor during the debate of H.R. 469 the Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017. M. Chair__, H.R. 469, the “Sunshine for Regulations and Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 2017,” is anti-consumer, anti-environment, and anti-privacy. Not su... Read more »