John Conyers

For my concluding remarks. Members of the House, in 2004, Congress, in recognition of the serious dangers faced by the Federal law enforcement officers, passed the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act, which authorizes Federal law…

I am pleased to yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), the distinguished minority whip of the Congress and the coauthor of this measure.

In closing, without question, illegal drugs imported into the United States have harmed our citizens and our communities in innumerable ways. It is critical that appropriate steps be taken to address this problem. Although S. 32 is a…

I would like, first, for everyone to know that we here in the Congress are working to address the current heroin epidemic. We know that illegal drugs continue to present a public health crisis that impacts individuals and families in…

Enforcement--agency enforcement decisions must be motivated by the public interest and not politically motivated self-interest.

I join all of us in welcoming back Dan Lungren in his newer capacity.

I now to yield to the distinguished gentleman from New York (Mr. Tonko).

I am now pleased to yield to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Heck).

I thank the gentleman, and I now yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Castro).

I thank the gentlewoman. I now yield to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Gallego).

I now yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Linda T. Sanchez).

I thank the gentleman from Maryland for his incredible analysis. I yield to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Loretta Sanchez).

I expressed hope that we could work in a substantive and bipartisan manner to address serious questions about relationship between the executive and legislative branches.

Now, the Committee recognizes the complexity of this issue before us, and we are going to have a hearing continuing this subject where the Director of ICE will be present.

This Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act is the latest attempt to erode the constitutional right to an abortion guaranteed by Roe v. Wade.

We think it is an important one, because it gives us an opportunity to study how the International Trade Commission handles patent disputes, and whether it sufficiently protects American innovation.

These issues we are debating are really mainly issues that belong in the political arena and belong between the President, the executive branch and Congress, and not in the courts.

There are limits on prosecutorial discretion and is the Obama administration setting examples where there are no limits? And the answer to that is, no, there are limits.

I believe the Chevron doctrine should be retained for several reasons.

I have expressed from time to time the hope that we could work collaboratively in some areas of mutual interest; but in particular those centering on strengthening Congress' ability to conduct oversight of the executive branch.

I believe it is in all of our interests to work together to rein in any excesses of the executive branch, whether it is Democratic, Republican, or even Libertarian hands.

This is not about the San Bernardino case. This is about the safety and security of every iPhone that is in use today.

The relationship with law enforcement falls within my shop at Apple.

What is the functional difference between ordering Apple to break its encryption, and ordering Apple to bypass its security so the FBI can break the encryption?

Did encryption exist before the invention of the iPhone?