Letter: House Judiciary Democrats to Ag and Dag
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Digital Markets Investigation
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 » Conyers Welcomes New Judiciary Democrats & Announces Subcommittee Assignments for 115th Congress
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House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) welcomed four new Democratic Members to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee and announced the new subcommittee structure for the 115th Congress. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), Ted Lieu (D-CA), Jamie Raskin (D-MD) and Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) are new to the committee. Congressman Jamie Raskin, a former constitutional law professor, will serve in... Read more » Conyers & Jackson Lee Letter to DOJ and FBI re: Russian Hacking
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Conyers & Jackson Lee Letter to DOJ and FBI re: Russian Hacking Read more » Encryption Working Group Releases Year-End Report
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Members of the bipartisan encryption working group – established in March 2016 by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), and Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) – today released a year-end report laying out key observations and next steps. For nearly a year, the Encryptio... Read more » Goodlatte & Conyers Release First Policy Proposal of Copyright Review
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Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) released the first policy proposal to come out of the Committee’s review of U.S. Copyright law. This first proposal identifies important reforms to help ensure the Copyright Office keeps pace in the digital age. With the release of this document, the Committee requests written comments fr... Read more » Goodlatte & Conyers Release First Policy Proposal of Copyright Review
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Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) released the first policy proposal to come out of the Committee’s review of U.S. Copyright law. This first proposal identifies important reforms to help ensure the Copyright Office keeps pace in the digital age. With the release of this document, the Committee requests written comments fr... Read more » Bipartisan Coalition Presses DOJ About Government Hacking
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A bipartisan coalition of Senate and House lawmakers today asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch to provide Congress with more information about a proposed expansion of government hacking and surveillance powers. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., Judiciary Committee member Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., with House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. John Conyers, Jr., D-M... Read more » Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr.“Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation”
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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 » Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
