"yesterday's shooting in a high school in Oregon is the 74th school shooting since the attack on Sandy Hook elementary school in 2012."
"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."
"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."
"The real threat to religious liberty is continuing religious bias or intolerance against members of minority religions."
"Targeting American Muslims for scrutiny based on their religion violates the core principles of religious freedom and equal protection under the law."
"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 licens..."
"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."
"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."
"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 continue to believe that there should be compensation for artists whose songs are played over terrestrial radio."
"Congressman Conyers, you absolutely go to the heart of the reason that I am here."