John Conyers actually said...

"I mean, Lamar Smith had that rule, Henry Hyde had that rule, Jim Sensenbrenner had that rule, and now you are not sure."

"No, that is unacceptable."

"You mean I just make a choice. Since I can only do one or the other, it is on me and not on the Committee."

"Let's begin to see if we can thread together where we have areas of agreement here."