John Conyers

Reclaiming my time, that is what I wanted to know, and the gentleman has told me. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Cartwright).

I am pleased to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Jeffries), a distinguished member of our committee.

(Mr. CONYERS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

While there are many positive aspects to the legislation, I believe, in the end, we cannot countenance anything in our laws that judges individuals based on their nationality rather than their character.

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services is the federal agency charged with overseeing lawful immigration into the United States.

The worst thing that we can do to the terrorists that wish us harm... is to continue to be a beacon to people throughout the world.

I want to make clear to this Committee and, importantly, also to the American public that our focus will be across all of our lines of business to ensure that bad guys don't gain admission to the United States.

I tend to agree with you. I realize that this is a thankless task to ensure that immigrants in removal proceedings have a full and fair hearing before an impartial immigration judge.

Indigent children and other immigrants must defend against removal without benefit of counsel.

Immigrants in removal proceedings deserve comprehensive due process protections.

Unfortunately, there are fundamental problems with this system.

The administration of our Nation's immigration courts is of utmost importance because it is the gateway for immigrants to obtain crucial protections from persecution, defend themselves against removal, and have the opportunity to avail…

We were told that, look, you don't have to worry, there's a FISA court, a confirmed judicial nominee that's a Federal judge, they'll protect the Constitution.

I'm not one of the co-sponsors at this time, even though I am one of the persons proudest of the work that Kevin Yoder has done in getting this bill to this point.

I'm not comfortable that this is really going to be that helpful because of that massive gaping hole.

I'm surprised to hear this from me, but in the New York Times, there's a good article by Carla Monyhan talking about Nicholas Merrill, how he fought to disclose the contents of the NSL.

I made sure that there was probable cause. And I made sure there was particularity in the description in the affidavit, as well as in my warrant.

We agree that the Electronic Communications Privacy Act is outdated and provides unjustifiably inconsistent standards for government access to our stored communication.

H.R. 699, the 'Email Privacy Act,' enjoys I'm pleased to say, the overwhelming bipartisan support in the House.

Refugees are already subject to the highest level of vetting, more than any other traveler or immigrant to the United States.

This measure sets unreasonable clearance standards that the Department of Homeland Security cannot meet and, thereby, would halt refugee resettlement in the United States.

H.R. 4038, which would effectively debar Syrian and Iraqi refugees from the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and does nothing to promote security.

Once when I was Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, the Committee reported legislation that would have granted a limited antitrust exemption for independent pharmacies to allow them to collectively bargain as to the terms and…

The State of Alabama's plan to close 31 driver's license offices demonstrates how one policy decision can have wide-ranging discriminatory effects.

I have listened to their stories of commitment and dedication and to their embrace of community policing...