John Conyers actually said...

"these acts, damaging to the office and in many cases criminal as well, constituted true abuse of power"

"the use of such an incendiary term without having any conclusion or hearings or evidence that lead to this conclusion 'abuse of power' is one that should not be taken lightly"

"we did not determine what we thought was the case and started off the hearing in that sense"

"the title for today's hearing it is unnecessarily open ended and provocative"