John Conyers

May 30, 2008 -- Washington, DC - Today, House Judiciary Commitee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) released the following statement in response to revelation about the Valerie Plame CIA leak made in former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan's new book, What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's Culture of Deception:

"I find Mr. McClellan's revelations about attempts to cover-up the Valerie Plame leak extremely troubling. Particularly disturbing is McClellan's assertion that he was specifically directed by Andy Card to 'vouch' for Scooter Libby after the investigation had begun, which, if true, could amount to obstruction of justice beyond that for which Mr. Libby has already been convicted.    » read more »

Justice Department Releases Some Agreements, Names Monitors

May 22, 2008 -- (Washington, DC) - Last week, the United States Justice Department sent 85 deferred prosecution and non-prosecution agreements, and a list of corporate monitors selected in 41 of the agreements, to the House Judiciary Committee.

Today, Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Subcommittee Chairwoman Linda Sánchez (D-CA, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law), and Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ) expressed the need for full disclosure about the agreements, and possibly legislation to set stricter guidelines for how corporate monitors are selected and how the agreements are structured. The lawmakers previously requested the information in January.    » read more »

May 22, 2008 -- (Washington, DC)- Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) issued a subpoena to former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove for testimony about the politicization of the Department of Justice (DOJ), including former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman's case. Yesterday, Rove's attorney, Robert Luskin, sent a letter to the committee expressing that Rove would not agree to testify voluntarily, per the committee's previous requests.    » read more »

Sen. Menendez, Reps. Lofgren and Conyers, along with representatives of the religious community and civil liberties advocates, push for passage of Detainee Basic Medical Care Act

May 21, 2008 -- WASHINGTON—Today, a coalition of Members of Congress, representatives of the religious community and civil liberties advocates joined together to call for basic human rights for immigrants detained in the United States. The group was led by U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers (D-MI), who are working to pass the Detainee Basic Medical Care Act.    » read more »

May 20, 2008 -- (Washington, DC) - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) said he is seeking answers to questions raised in a report issued today by the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report entitled, "A Review of the FBI's Involvement in and Observations of Detainee Interrogations in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and Iraq." He released the following statement in response to the report’s release:    » read more »

May 14, 2008 -- (Washington, DC) - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, and Reps. Artur Davis (D-AL) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) sent a letter to Robert Luskin, attorney for former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove, clarifying the committee's request for Rove to testify.

Last week, Luskin responded to the committee's request with a letter stating that Rove would respond to written questioning.    » read more »

May 8, 2008 -- (Washington, DC) - Today House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced H.R. 5994, the "Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2008," to establish an antitrust remedy for anticompetitive and discriminatory practices by broadband service providers.

The legislation requires internet service providers (ISPs) to interconnect with the facilities of other network providers on a reasonable and nondiscriminatory basis. It also requires them to operate their network in a reasonable and nondiscriminatory manner so that all content, applications and services are treated the same and have an equal opportunity to reach consumers.    » read more »