Republican leadership has pledged to take no action on the bill.

Now is not the time for more talk, talk, talk. Now is the time for action.

Republican leadership intends to bring no immigration bill to the floor before the end of the year because there isn't enough time on the calendar.

I interpret that as a biographic exit success story.

Our colleague, Joe Garcia of this Committee, introduced another bill, H.R. 15, last month, and already the bill, to date, has 191 co-sponsors.

The Senate passed S. 744, a bipartisan immigration reform bill, in June, 139 days ago.

Emancipation was not a 1-day event; it was a promise, a promise written in the blood of all who lived in bondage and all who died to end it.

I think this is an opportunity to take a long, hard look at the scourge of mandatory minimums.

We spend $51 billion on a so-called 'war on drugs,' and we even have 700,000 arrests for marijuana law violations.

The explosive growth of the Federal criminal code has played an important role in that.

We incarcerate more people proportionally than any other country on the planet.

It's vitally important that we rein in such explosive growth and ask ourselves whether all of these laws and regulations are truly important.

I want to thank George Miller for the work he has done, along with the ranking member of the Financial Services Committee. The Miller-Conyers amendment simply encourages the Department of Labor to issue a rule that requires investment…

There are few economic issues our Committee will face that are more important than whether and how to reform our patent laws.

Intellectual property, principally patents, are responsible for nearly one-third of all the jobs in U.S. economy.

I thank you for the opportunity to rise and address my colleagues. On November 1, households participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, popularly referred to as SNAP, will see their monthly benefits sharply reduced…

Material submitted by the Honorable John Conyers, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, and Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary

My principal objective is to ensure that consumers will be the primary beneficiaries of these reforms through lower prices and better health insurance coverage.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

which we think might be counterproductive.

I am not a supporter of that policy.

The Affordable Care Act makes critical reforms to our Nation's health care system and will help millions of uninsured Americans to gain access to affordable health insurance.

I consider this a very important hearing in view of the 41 attempts by the conservative Members of the House to repeal it ultimately unsuccessfully.

I think that your philosophy and experience combine to give you a very good platform for advocating.

Drug offenses alone account for two-thirds of the rise in the Federal inmate population and more than half the rise in State prisoners between 1985 and 2000.