"Is there any possible rationale you could suggest for this many people that work in the same field that you do, or did work, in having so different a view from you about the bill that we are discussin..."
"I will give you that list to take home with you."
"But they were disqualified before this bill. They are disqualified now, aren't they?"
"Aren't these the two places that deny pro-bono fees to lawyers who win awards?"
"But that is exactly why we have this provision in the law, is that if a pro-bono lawyer takes the case and prevails, the court can award him legal fees. You object to that?"
"So one of the things I think, thankfully, that has occurred in this country when lawyers are able to do it, is they provide their services to the poorest among us, the neediest, the people who are in ..."
"This provision--yes. Not only do you have to win, but under EAJA you have to effectively show that the position of the government is not reasonable."
"I just want to let us all know that we are coming back to a debate that we have been in--I think it goes back to 1980 sometime."
"Thank you, Chairman Smith."
"Letter submitted by the Honorable John Conyers, Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of Michigan, and Ranking Member, Committee on the Judiciary"
"Article submitted by the Honorable John Conyers, Jr."
"I have rarely met a merger that I liked, but this is one that I like more than the ones that I don't like."