John Conyers actually said...

"Unfortunately, Congress has increasingly resorted to criminalizing actions as the solution to various problems over the past several decades."

"I agree with you. But if there were trials--and in one case, there may have been, and in another there wasn't--that's for the court to determine."

"We gather today at a time when the Nation stands at a legal and political crossroad."

"In the past week, many in the Administration have implied that because they have briefed the Congress and this Committee, that we are all complicit in the use of these surveillance tactics."