John Conyers actually said...

"the burden of proof for retaining a particular Government power should be on the executive to explain that the power actually and materially enhances security."

"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."