John Conyers actually said...

"there has been no instance in which the National Security Agency could say with confidence that the outcome of a case would have been different without the Section 215 metadata program."

"the status quo is unacceptable."

"the operation of the bulk telephone record program bears almost no resemblance to the actual text of the statute."

"If the Government can only collect metadata with a particularized showing of suspicion and the Government cannot hold information in bulk, what is left of the telephone metadata program?"