Crime

In the Wake of Vegas Mass Shooting, Top Judiciary & Natural Resources Dems Call on Speaker Ryan to Pull Gun Silencer Bill from House Floor

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Following the tragic shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, that has taken the lives of 58 people and injured more than 500, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ) sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan calling for him to remove H.R. 3668, the so-called “Sportsmen’s Heritage and Recreational Enhanceme... Read more »

Conyers & Jackson Lee Condemn DOJ Reversing Course on Community Policing Policies

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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 »

Letter: House Judiciary Democrats to Chairman Goodlatte - POTUS Directly Attacking Credibility and Fairness of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, Acting FBI Director Andrew Mccabe, and Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

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LETTER: HOUSE JUDICIARY DEMOCRATS TO CHAIRMAN GOODLATTE - POTUS DIRECTLY ATTACKING CREDIBILITY AND FAIRNESS OF ATTORNEY GENERAL JEFF SESSIONS, DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL ROD ROSENSTEIN, ACTING FBI DIRECTOR ANDREW MCCABE, AND SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT MUELLER. Read more »

STATEMENT: THE HONORABLE JOHN CONYERS, JR. FOR THE MARKUP OF H.R. 2851, THE “STOP THE IMPORTATION AND TRAFFICKING OF SYNTHETIC ANALOGUES ACT OF 2017”

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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 »