Jan 21, 2009
Memphis, my home, has one of the highest levels of subprime mortgage lending in the country.
John Conyers
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John Conyers was a prominent American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Michigan from 1965 until 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he was one of the founding members of the Congressional Black Caucus and played a significant role in advocating for civil rights and social justice throughout his career. Conyers was known for his commitment to issues such as healthcare, education, and labor rights, and he introduced legislation aimed at improving the lives of his constituents and marginalized communities across the nation.
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Jan 21, 2009
What we have seen so far in the TARP is helping out folks that are in essence the officers who sent people into battle.
Jan 21, 2009
The Congressional budget office estimated a similar bill would be a net $17 million gain to our budget in savings and increased revenues if we pass such a bill.
Jan 21, 2009
The banking industry is just so powerful. They have owned this Congress for far too long.
Jan 21, 2009
I appreciate the gentleman who came forward with this bill and the others who have come forward with similar bills.
Jan 21, 2009
Speaker Pelosi always speaks of what Dr. Martin Luther King spoke about, and that is the fierce urgency of now.
Jan 21, 2009
If it was left up to me--and let FOX News get this right--I would nationalize the whole industry.
Jan 21, 2009
I think that reflects accurately the mood of the American people. It so happens that we are in the process of catching up with them.
Jan 7, 2009
Conyers is urging Democrats to block the nomination of CNN's Sanjay Gupta to be the surgeon general, basically saying -- citing a lack of necessary experience.
Jun 25, 2008
I thank my colleague. By that time, the tribe had divided. There were two possible candidates for reasserting the claim. The first tribe he contacted, the Sioux, was not interested. But the other one, Bay Mills, was very interested. And so…
Jun 25, 2008
the middle class is hurting. They are facing tough decisions over rising gas, food, and health care prices. Adding to their economic dilemma, the Alternative Minimum Tax, AMT, may reach many of them this coming year. Today, we will vote on…
Jun 25, 2008
Mr. Alcee Hastings, I salute you for bringing this bill to the floor from the Rules Committee. I support the rule, without qualification. Ladies and gentlemen, why do so many people approve this bill if it has so many problems? Well…
Jun 25, 2008
I begin by noting that the chairman emeritus of the Judiciary Committee, Jim Sensenbrenner, had always had a very abiding interest in this matter. But we have a curious problem. Somebody is going to ask, how could a United States Supreme…
Jun 23, 2008
First of all, I think that this bill might appropriately be renamed the Schakowsky-Rohrabacher provision because of the hard work that our colleague has done on the matter. I appreciate the fully bipartisan spirit that this committee, the…
Jun 23, 2008
As a distinguished member of Judiciary, has the gentleman considered one of the proposals about bringing the price down by nationalizing the oil companies in this country?
Jun 23, 2008
Maybe there's a technological problem that is beyond the understanding of we mere mortals on Judiciary.
Jun 23, 2008
Let's not nationalize the oil companies. We agreed on that. Let's go from shale to coal and let's go into all the alternatives. We are all for that. No suing. Drill, drill, drill. No sue, no sue, no sue. Now we are getting down to the 41…
Jun 23, 2008
I am really very proud to rise in support of a resolution put forward by my friend and colleague, John Lewis. This is a man who has risked his own life fighting for civil rights, helping to bridge a racial divide during one of America's…
Jun 20, 2008
Members of the House, several months ago on October 16, 2007, to be exact, the House passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act legislation, known as the RESTORE Act. In the view of this Member, the RESTORE Act was a reasonable and…
Jun 17, 2008
I rise in support of S. 188, which would rename the Fannie Lou Hamer Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006, to include the names of civil rights pioneers Cesar E. Chavez, Barbara C…
Jun 5, 2008
it's with great pride that I rise today to congratulate our Detroit Red Wings on winning this year's National Hockey League championship. It has been 6 long years since the Red Wings have last brought the Stanley Cup back to Hockey Town…
Jun 4, 2008
we cannot allow our cultural, historical or visually significant treasures to disappear into the fog of time. That is why I fully support both reauthorizations contained within H.R. 5893. Our written traditions have libraries which archive…
May 14, 2008
section 12017 of H.R. 2419, the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act. Among other things, the changes provide that, during periodic renegotiations with USDA's Federal Crop Insurance Corporation…
May 6, 2008
Mr. Speaker, today we move to dramatically step up our Nation's intellectual property laws and enforcement efforts. With so much unpleasant economic news in the headlines, the measure before us, H.R. 4279, puts resources towards aiding a…
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