John Conyers

I am looking at a transaction that highlights the concern that there may be too much and too rapid a consolidation in telecommunications.

This ongoing wave of consolidation will, without question, result in fewer firms and may harm consumers by limiting choices and also raising prices.

And I am excited about getting this moving, and I really appreciate the bipartisan tone of the discussion that we are entering in around here.

Trade secret owners should have a similar remedy.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. _. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I am impressed with the fact that we have three very distinguished witnesses taking one position.

Any FCC rules to address net neutrality would have the benefit of addressing some potential threats to net neutrality before they fully materialize.

We need a regulatory solution to address potential threats to net neutrality, and must allow the Federal Communications Commission to do its job.

Thank you so much, Chairman Spencer Bachus, for holding what I consider an important hearing on net neutrality and the role of antitrust in ensuring a free and open Internet.

How do we cover this? ... how do we increase and improve the cooperation between GSA and the Judiciary?

The Chairman of the full Committee, Mr. Goodlatte, has requested the GSA to examine how it went about selecting court facilities for renovation under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The Conference notified us just yesterday that it intends to study this very issue based on a comprehensive survey and working group collaborative format with the General Services Administration.

I wish to speak on the point of order. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Michigan is recognized.

Ladies and gentlemen, this amendment would help ensure prudent oversight over the program so that only loans that have truly met all of HUD's loss mitigation requirements are sold through the Distressed Asset Stabilization Program. I hope…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

Well, we have a problem, it seems to me, with the background check requirement. Because there is general feeling that it ought to be expanded.

Yesterday's shooting in a high school in Oregon is the 74th school shooting since the attack on Sandy Hook elementary school in 2012.

I am proud to have voted in favor of the only measure to pass the House that rolls back any aspect of government surveillance since the passages of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.

Last month, the House passed H.R. 3361, the 'USA FREEDOM Act,' which I had a significant role in bringing forward.

I have an amendment at the desk, Conyers No. 1. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 99, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $2,000,000)''. The Acting CHAIR. The…

And we have to end up in a rate court on top of it all and I think that this is the new situation that we have been in since the decree.

Congressman Conyers, you absolutely go to the heart of the reason that I am here.

I continue to believe that there should be compensation for artists whose songs are played over terrestrial radio.

I believe that all artists should be compensated fairly, and that it makes no sense to have arbitrary decisions on who should be paid for their work.

I am a strong supporter of artists and believe that the current compensation system on terrestrial radio AM and FM isn't fair to artists, musicians, or the recording labels.