John Conyers

The need for oversight is clear.

I am not convinced, as the title of the hearing before us suggests, by the Administration's legal rationale for the targeted killing of any United States citizen overseas.

I am not convinced, as the title of the hearing may suggest, by the Administration's legal rationale for the targeted killing of a United States citizen overseas.

Let me be clear: the House Judiciary Committee has direct jurisdiction over this issue.

This Committee requires those documents to fulfill its oversight responsibility.

I am pleased that we reached a clear bipartisan consensus on this issue.

I am pleased that we have reached a clear, bipartisan consensus on this issue: this Committee requires those documents to fulfill its oversight responsibilities.

This isn't a witch hunt. This is an inquiry, and we are all cleared for top secret.

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

Is this merger really necessary?

The main purpose of antitrust law is to ensure that business does not behave in ways that injures markets, and, ultimately, consumers.

Industry consolidation may benefit the airlines that remain by giving them power to raise fares and fees, but it comes with costs to the consumer.

We should recall that both parties to this merger bear a high burden in demonstrating that further consolidation in the airline industry is warranted.

Let us be honest. This is going to really help creditors. It is a better deal for labor.

I want to end illegal immigration and undocumented workers once and for all in this country.

Their local economies are built upon a, frankly, untenable situation.

The destruction of agriculture and the offshoring of all these farm jobs means the loss of millions of other jobs in communities across the country.

I think this is unsustainable, and I think that the entire Committee is motivated to try to do something about this.

The fact of the matter is that this is one big challenge that I don't think we can handle on a piecemeal basis.

I have just a little bit of reluctance about having somebody here, an immigrant, permanently.

Are there any of you that still have reservations about a path to citizenship that is firm and fair?

We may not have settled much, but that is the way these things start out, isn't it?

I could summarize what I think we are going to be addressing in three phrases: one, comprehensive; two, a path to citizenship; and three, border security more than ever.

I think that there must be an earned legalization process that is fair, but firm, and that is not--that is not subject to a lot of manipulation.

This is one big challenge that I don't think we can handle on a piecemeal basis.