John Conyers

Taking someone else's labor and not paying is simply unfair, and this bill seeks basic fairness for artists who created sound recordings before 1972.

This bill would assure that legacy artists and copyright owners of all works, whether recorded before or after February 15, 1972, are compensated by those who benefit from the Federal statutory license.

Targeting American Muslims for scrutiny based on their religion violates the core principles of religious freedom and equal protection under the law.

The real threat to religious liberty is continuing religious bias or intolerance against members of minority religions.

Religious freedom was one of the core principles upon which our Nation was founded.

Religious freedom was one of the core principles upon which our Nation was founded.

My concern is about the large numbers of people who are being deported each year who have committed very little violation except those related to their undocumented status.

It is time to cut out the excuses and get to work doing the people's business.

I fully support the President doing what he can under the current law to improve that system.

So I stand committed to work with my colleagues for legislative reform.

Every day that passes without a vote in the House is a day that thousands of families are torn apart...

Most of us agree that the system is broken and that only Congress can permanently fix it.

Given this background, I can think of no person better equipped to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Holt).

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Honda).

I am pleased now to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), a very active member of the Judiciary Committee.

I am pleased now to yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Lofgren).

I am pleased now to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Scott) who has worked so hard on this.

I am pleased now to yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler), the ranking member of the Intellectual Property Subcommittee.

Excellent response, and I am happy that we had that discussion back then. It is still an important question.

The consumer welfare is the key objective of antitrust law.

I have a strong feeling that we may have to have another hearing on this because of the complexity of the material.

To begin with, witnesses should address whether the combined Comcast/Time Warner Cable would have such market power that it could discriminate against rival content providers.

Several consumer groups, including Public Knowledge, Free Press, the American Antitrust Institute, and Consumers Union have raised concerns about the proposed merger.

We consider the proposed acquisition of these two corporations, and if consummated it would enable the combined entity to control approximately 30 percent of the national cable market and at least 40 percent of the high speed broadband…