House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) today issued the following joint statement after the announcement that Maria Pallante, the former Register of Copyrights, will be leaving the U.S. Copyright Office: “We are saddened to learn that Maria Pallante, who served with distinction as only the 12th Register of Copyrights and the Director... Read more »
Yesterday, in a letter to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch, the House Judiciary Committee’s majority alleged that newly-released FBI interview notes “raise serious questions about whether Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy violated federal laws . . . by offering a ‘quid pro quo’ to the FBI.” The interview notes contain no factual basis for these claims: As early as January 2016, the Inspec... Read more »
Detroit, MI – House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) today released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice announced plans to collect data on the use of force by law enforcement officers: “As a longtime proponent of policing reform, I understand the importance that data collection plays as a tool for law enforcement accountability. Data collection i... Read more »
Washington, D.C. (Oct. 14, 2016)—Today, Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, John Conyers, Jr., Eliot L. Engel, and Bennie G. Thompson, the Ranking Members of the House Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Judiciary, Foreign Affairs, and Homeland Security, issued the following statement in response to evidence that the Trump campaign apparently knew months beforehand about the hacking of emails fro... Read more »
Detroit, MI – House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (MI-13) today announced more than $2 million in federal funding for police departments in Detroit and Melvindale. The federal funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Justice COPS Hiring Program (CHP) and will be used to hire law enforcement officers, and to enhance community policing and crime prevention efforts.... Read more »
The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States constituted the deadliest foreign attack on American soil in our Nation’s history. Their impact has been immeasurable as evidenced by the fact that we are still grappling with their cultural and policy implications. And, 15 years later, their powerful emotional effect on Americans remains as strong as ever. Those who lost loved ones or ... Read more »
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you, Director Comey, for your appearance here today. The FBI’s mission is a complex undertaking: to protect the United States from terrorism, to enforce our criminal laws, and to lead the nation’s law enforcement community. That mission ought to mirror our own priorities in this Committee. In the past few days, for example, we have witnessed near-fatal terrorist ... Read more »
I want to preface my remarks regarding today’s hearing, which deals with community policing policies, by observing that our Nation’s conscience continues to be rocked by a series of tragic events involving law enforcement and the loss of too many black lives. In our court rooms, in our streets and on our televisions, we confront a never ending body count. Earlier this summer, my Congressional coll... Read more »
CBC Chairman G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), and Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) issued the following response to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) regarding the Republican spending bill: “The Congressional Black Caucus was early to call for immediate funding to assist in the recovery of the Flint, Michigan water crisis, an... Read more »
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), leaders of the bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group, today issued the following joint statement on the police-involved shootings in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Charlotte, North Carolina and subsequent protests: “The heartbreaking images from Tulsa and Charlotte remind us once again that our nat... Read more »
