"I interpret that as a biographic exit success story."
"Now is not the time for more talk, talk, talk. Now is the time for action."
"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."
"We spend $51 billion on a so-called 'war on drugs,' and we even have 700,000 arrests for marijuana law violations."
"It's vitally important that we rein in such explosive growth and ask ourselves whether all of these laws and regulations are truly important."
"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."
"I think this is an opportunity to take a long, hard look at the scourge of mandatory minimums."
"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."
"Material submitted by the Honorable John Conyers, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, and Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary"