John Conyers

This measure is not only unnecessary and unworkable, but it could seriously jeopardize the health and safety of millions of Americans.

H.R. 367, the so-called REINS Act, is a thoroughly problematic bill.

This is also the type of legislation that I believe gives Congress a bad name.

When you go to the dictionary and you look up 'silly,' it says 'see REINS Act.' This is silly.

I have opposed the REINS Act. I will continue to oppose it because it just doesn't make sense.

We have heard a lot about class action lawsuits, but it has been my experience that class action lawsuits are very complex, they are not easy to come by and very few of them get through.

And so I want to try to turn off some of the wrath that may come down on punitive damages.

One frequently criticized component of our trial system is punitive damages. And I would like to share with you that they are very few, they are rare, and reserved for only the most harmful kinds of cases.

Members of the Committee, this is a hearing that may produce seriously flawed studies, that may make it difficult if not impossible to form as a basis for serious policy making.

I'm pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee), a senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee. (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the former chair of the Subcommittee on the Constitution on the House Judiciary Committee, the gentleman from New York, Jerry Nadler.

Ladies and gentlemen of the House, the controlling objective here is that, if we reject the substitute and, instead, adopt the bipartisan and comprehensive Senate bill, the bill will go directly to the President for his signature. So I…

I'm pleased to yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from Nevada (Mr. Horsford).

I'm pleased now to yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Cicilline).

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from California, Susan Davis.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the vice chair of the Democratic Caucus from New York, Mr. Joe Crowley.

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from Hawaii (Ms. Hanabusa).

It is pretty incredible that the Majority continues to make this claim in light of the fact that there is absolutely no credible evidence establishing the fact that regulations have any substantive impact on job creation.

I want to thank my colleagues, Mr. Sensenbrenner, Mr. Scott, and Ms. Jackson Lee, for their contributions. We have no further requests for time. Under those circumstances, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

I would now be pleased to yield to the gentlelady from Texas, Ms. Sheila Jackson Lee, as much time as she may consume.

I am very pleased now to yield as much time as he may consume to the distinguished gentleman from Virginia, Bobby Scott, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee.

I thank the gentleman from Wisconsin for his observations and his continuing support of this very important act from the beginning. He was there when it started, and he's still with it. I congratulate you, sir.

I don't think that the Attorney General of the United States can decline to come before this Committee on a subject that is so clearly within our jurisdiction.

The resentment created by the American use of unmanned strikes is much greater than the average American appreciates.

The American people deserve to know and understand the legal basis under which the Obama administration believes it can kill U.S. citizens and under what circumstances.