John Conyers actually said...

"Republican leadership has pledged to take no action on the bill."

"Republican leadership intends to bring no immigration bill to the floor before the end of the year because there isn't enough time on the calendar."

"Emancipation was not a 1-day event; it was a promise, a promise written in the blood of all who lived in bondage and all who died to end it."

"We spend $51 billion on a so-called 'war on drugs,' and we even have 700,000 arrests for marijuana law violations."