John Conyers actually said...

"I wanted to compliment you on it. I think this discussion with these distinguished witnesses would pass muster at an American Civil Liberties Union in itself."

"We must take action to strengthen our firearm laws by expanding background checks, by banning assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines."

"It was President Nixon, as part of his war on drugs, that established the Drug Administration in 1973."

"We must go after, in the Drug Enforcement Agency, the major traffickers and move away from punishing the low-level street dealers and addicts with unnecessarily severe, mandatory minimum sentences."