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Eliminating Regulations Is Not Job Creation
As you are preparing to gather around the Thanksgiving table, the Republican majority in Congress is rushing to push through legislation that will undermine the continued health and safety of the loved ones seated next to you. Over the next two weeks they will bring three bills to the House floor that will halt regulation as we know it, making it more difficult to protect public health and safety. Nobody likes red tape and everyone can agree that there are areas where our regulations could be streamlined. However, these bills go much further and will make it virtually impossible to enact new ...
John Conyers Urges Hearings On College Sports
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is urging the panel to hold hearings on antitrust and other issues in college sports, including the recent series of conference realignments. "It has become increasingly clear to me that the combination of issues and challenges facing intercollegiate sports have reached a tipping point calling for congressional attention," Michigan Rep. John Conyers wrote to the committee chairman, Texas Republican Lamar Smith, in a letter released Thursday. The committee said in a statement that it is reviewing Conyers' request. Several major colleges have ...
Conyers Has “Had It” With Obama
Rep. John Conyers (D-Detroit) is fed up with both President Obama, in part because of his alleged willingness during debt ceiling negotiations to make entitlement cuts, and Congress, because of what he calls its inaction on job creation. The 24-term lawmaker on Wednesday called for a protest in front of the White House. “We’ve got to educate the American people at the same time we educate the president of the United States.The Republicans, Speaker Boehner or Majority Leader Cantor, did not call for Social Security cuts in the budget deal. The president of the United States ...
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Conyers & CAPAC Encourages Support for Victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda Washington, D.C. – Today, Members of the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus (CAPAC) released the following statements encouraging support for the victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda: Congresswoman Judy Chu (CA-27), CAPAC Chair: “I am deeply saddened by the destruction caused by Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. My thoughts are with individuals, families and loved ones affected by this disaster. The United States committed to sending $20 million in assistance to support recovery efforts. I will do everything I can as Chair of CAPAC to help support the people of the Philippines and their families.” Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA-12): “We continue to learn more on the true extent of the damage done by Super Typhoon Haiyan, but there is little question that the storm brought devastation to thousands of lives. Our thoughts and prayers are with the victims, their families, and the survivors working to pull their communities back together. Th |
MEDIA ADVISORY - Conyers to Join with Anti-Hunger Advocates for Cooking Matters at the Store Grocery Tour this Wednesday (DETROIT) – This Wednesday, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) will join Share Our Strength, an anti-hunger advocacy organization, and representatives from Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan at an informational workshop event - Cooking Matters at the Store grocery tour - at 1:00 pm at the Farmer John Market. As part of Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, Cooking Matters teaches low-income families how to best maximize federal nutrition assistance benefits, such as SNAP and the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) programs, by purchasing fresh produce and whole grains on a budget. Cooking Matters has reached nearly 10,000 participants in 2012 alone with interactive grocery store tours, and has helped low-income families across the nation learn to shop and prepare healthy affordable meals. This tour comes on the heels of a $5 billion reduction in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) this past Friday, November 1st as provisions in |
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Conyers Commends Justice Department’s Dispatching of Federal Election Observers for Detroit Election Tomorrow (DETROIT) – Today, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that they will deploy federal election observers to Detroit and Hamtramck for tomorrow’s city-wide elections. In response to this decision by DOJ, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement: “With important elections being held in Detroit and Hamtramck tomorrow, I am pleased that the Department of Justice will be sending election observers to these cities,” said Conyers. “There is no more important foundation in our democracy than the right of every citizen to participate in the electoral process free of discrimination. State and local governments must adhere to the responsibility to administer elections free of discrimination or irregularity. Sending in election observers will help ensure that this objective is achieved. “I am hopeful that tomorrow’s election will result in all eligible voters participating in a free and fair election process. I applaud |
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