Letter to Secretary Kelly 2.1.17
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Government Oversight
Top Judiciary Democrat & Congressional Black Caucus Chair Criticize Trump’s SCOTUS Pick
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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Congressman Cedric Richmond (D-LA) today released the following statements in response to President Donald Trump’s nomination of Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court vacancy: Ranking Member Conyers said, “After the Senate Republican Majority committed a dereliction of duty for almost a full cal... Read more » Conyers & Cicilline: Latest Trump Two for One Executive Order Would Tie the Nation in Red Tape & Harm Consumers
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House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Subcommittee Ranking Member David N. Cicilline (D-RI) released the following statement after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to eliminate critical protections for consumers’ health and product safety, environmental protections, workplace safety, and consumer financial protec... Read more » Conyers Praises Yates for Courageous Stand Against Immigration Order
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Tonight, in a letter to her senior leadership, Acting Attorney General Sally Yates ordered attorneys at the Department of Justice not to defend legal challenges to President Trump’s immigration order—which bans entry into the United States to travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries and to refugees from around the world. Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Committee on... Read more » House Democrats introduce legislation to block President Trump’s travel and refugee ban
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More than 160 House Democrats, led by U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) today introduced legislation to defund and rescind President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travel from Muslim countries and suspending the refugee program. The SOLVE, or Statue of Liberty Values Act, introduced following profound confusion and fear after the implementation of an unpreced... Read more » Conyers Condemns Monday Night Massacre
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Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Committee on the Judiciary, issued the following statement in response to Trump firing Acting Attorney General Sally Yates: “President Trump has commenced a course of conduct that is Nixonian in its design and execution and threatens the long-vaunted independence of the Justice Department. If dedicated government officials deem his directi... Read more » Conyers and Richmond Letter to Trump on Voter Fraud Allegations
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Conyers and Richmond Letter to Trump on Voter Fraud Allegations Read more » House Judiciary Democrats Renew Call for Hearings on Trump’s Conflicts Of Interest
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All House Judiciary Democrats, led by Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), today renewed their request to have House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) hold hearings to examine the federal conflicts-of-interest and ethics laws that may apply to President Donald Trump. The members of the committee originally requested a hearing in November 2016, after then President-elect Donald ... Read more » Letter to Chairman Goodlatte re: Conflicts of Interest
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