John Conyers: “Now there is no urgency on this bill. This is not an appropriation. This is not anything. It has not had a hearing, and…”

“Now there is no urgency on this bill. This is not an appropriation. This is not anything. It has not had a hearing, and here we are at midnight and one of the last days of the first session of the 105th Congress talking about a 1-year extension. We had plenty of time to hold all the hearings in the world in the Committee on the Judiciary, which the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Smith] has never held on this subject. Now the Senate has held hearings on this subject, and by the way, the other body has no inclination whatsoever, whatsoever to pass this measure. So what I am saying is that the best reason to be against this measure is that we do not understand its import and we are not in any rush. This measure does not expire until October 1998.”