John Conyers actually said...

"Is there any way that we can resolve these without really foreclosing any equitable relief from the claimants?"

"I just hope that you leaders here in the first panel can just stay quietly around to listen to some of the other testimony."

"I didn't know I would have to rise in defense of the Administration, the United Automobile Workers, the bankruptcy courts and I don't know who else is lambasted."

"They gave up so many concessions that their leadership was wrongly criticized because every time they went in to negotiations with the admonition that you guys are going to have to come up with more."