Today, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a full committee hearing entitled, “An Administration Made Disaster: The South Texas Border Surge of Unaccompanied Alien Minors.” This hearing comes as a humanitarian crisis in parts of Central America is felt along the Southwest border of the United States - where thousands of children have arrived in recent weeks - largely as a result of violence oc... Read more »
Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. for the Hearing on: Trade Secrets: Promoting and Protecting American Innovation, Competitiveness and Market Access in Foreign Markets Before the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at 1:30 p.m. 2141 Rayburn House Office Building This hearing will allow us to examine trade secrets law and consider whethe... Read more »
Statement of the Honorable John Conyers, Jr. for the Hearing on: “The Proposed Merger of AT&T and DIRECTV” Before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at 10:30 a.m. 2141 Rayburn House Office Building Today, we consider the proposed merger of AT&T, the nation’s second-largest seller of high-speed Internet and wireless telephone services, with D... Read more »
Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Chairman Robert C. “Bob” Goodlatte (R-Va.), Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Chairman Howard Coble (R-N.C.), and Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subcommittee Ranking Member Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) applauded the announcement that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Leahy (D-Vt.) ... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Hearing on: "Net Neutrality: Is Antitrust Law More Effective Than Regulation in Protecting Consumers and Innovation?" Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law Friday, June 20, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. 2141 Rayburn Building I thank subcommittee chairman Spencer Bachus for holding this important hearing on net neutrality and the role of ... Read more »
Today, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee held a full committee Markup of H.R. 4874, the “Search for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act of 2014.” Section 101(K) of the bill funds a new Retrospective Regulatory Review Commission by taking $ 25 million or 1%, whichever is greater, of unobligated funding from federal agencies. Under any methodology this figure would... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Markup of: H.R. 3086, the "Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act" and H.R. 4874, the "Search for and Cutting Regulations that are Unnecessarily Burdensome (SCRUB) Act of 2014" Full Committee Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. 2141 Rayburn Building H.R. 3086, the ‘Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act,’ addresses the impending expiration of the Internet T... Read more »
Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) introduced H.R.4835, the “Stopping Abusive Student Loan Collection Practices in Bankruptcy Act of 2014.” This legislation curtails ruthless collection tactics used by creditors against borrowers who have taken out student loans and sought bankruptcy relief. In particular, the legislation empowers a bankruptcy judge to award both the costs and attorney... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Hearing on: Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Committee on the Judiciary Wednesday, June 11, 2014 at 10:00 AM 2141 Rayburn Building Today, we welcome Director James Comey of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, for his first appearance before the House Judiciary Committee since taking office on September 4, 2013. Director Comey, I do not... Read more »
Statement of Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. Hearing on: "Music Licensing Under Title 17 Part One" Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Tuesday, June 1, 2014 at 10:00 A.M. 2141 Rayburn Building Today we will continue to assess the current music licensing system and explore if there are ways that the system can be improved. This is the first of two hearings we will have... Read more »
