congressman conyers was a mentor to me when i was in the house and still is. and we thank you very much for your leadership on this issue. senator durbin, you pointed out that the nation was shocked. if i could ask unanimous consent to put my entire statement in the record along with the list of the many organizations that are supporting the legislation that i filed, s. 1670. as you pointed out, senator durbin, the nation was shocked by the tragedy that took place in sanford, florida, the tragic death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. a very avoidable death. and the question i think most people are asking, and we want justice in this case. we're pursuing that. we have the department of justice investigation and very much want to see that investigation carried out. not only to make sure that justice is carried forward as far as those responsible for his death, but also as to how the investigation itself was handled. but i think the question that needs to be answered is whether race played a role in trayvon martin being singled out by mr. zimmerman. and that of cou

conyers: mr. speaker, i would yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: so recognized. mr. conyers: members of the house, i want to thank the leadership on the other side for requiring that the chairman of the constitution subcommittee, the gentleman from arizona, drop race from this tre natal nondiscrimination act, so-called, and so it's now just sex selection. it's the latest in a long series of measures intended to chip away at a woman's right to say -- to seek safe, legal medical care. it tramples the rights of women under the guise of nondiscrimination. while there's absolutely nothing to provide women with the needed resources so that their babies, female and male, can come into the world healthy and so that both mother and child can thrive. and i am grateful that the proponents of this bill have stopped making the ridiculous charge that i used to hear, that reproductive freedom is worse than slavery and invoking at the same time the name of the great abolitionist lea

we need congressman conyers to be here to do the things he's done so well for so many years. i want to thank everyone for being here this morning. the national committee has joined the national organization for women's foundation, the institute for women's policy research to release a report that we believe is important not just to our various constituencies, but to the entire country. breaking the social security glass ceiling, our report provides a desperately-needed reality check to a washington debate that increasingly and almost exclusively addresses social security in terms of how much money can be saved by cutting what are already very modest benefits. rather than what those benefit cuts would actually mean to the average american. the truth is as our country ages and retirement income continues to decline for millions of americans, congress should be talking about the adequacy of social security benefits, not talking about cutting them. congress should examine the inequities that have created a poverty rate for senior women and widows that is 50% higher -- it's really

that's the one conyers olson. paula jones is centrally in its language nothing in this legislation authorizes the use of force against iran and then conyers and louise a moment which essentially says diplomacy is the best course of action those are far better and then months and they also indicate i think that we are heading on like in the iraq war we are having someone have a debate in the congress over how we should proceed you don't miss and certainly there's one congressman who has never been shy about voicing his disdain for for these provisions congressman dennis kucinich he was on the house floor today i want to play just a little bit of what he had to say. the n d a authorizes war against iran it calls for a new policy military action which puts u.s. aircraft and munitions into position for air and sea based missions and the bowstring of u.s. capabilities to launch a sustained see an air campaign against a range of iranian nuclear and military targets it authorizes war under the pretext that iran is threat

conyers. >> thank you, chairman smith. i join you in declaring director mueller a true patriot and one committed to the rule of law and the constitution. i join in supporting the extension of his term. now, when i first came to the house judiciary committee, the director of the fbi was j. edgar hoover. it reminds me that we talk about and think about the transition and changes that have gone on in law enforcement, and in the fbi in particular, so that we are looking at how we make the criminal justice system fair, make it work better, and protect our citizens more. i hope that in the course of our discussions this morning, we get to several considerations that are on my mind as we begin this particular hearing. one is over incarceration. we put more people in prison than any other country on the planet. with less successful results, i might add. i mean to engage you in that issue, and of course, when we talk to each other, i am also talking to my colleagues as well. these are subject matter is that we need to examine when

. >> congressman conyers, it's an honor to have you in the senate judiciary committee hearing. i thank you very much. our next witness is my friend and illinois colleague congressman luis gutierrez who represents the fourth congressional district and has done so since 1993. he chairs the congressional hispanic caucuses immigration task force. and he's a long-time champion for immigration reform. there are many outstanding hispanic political leaders in america, but none more forceful and more articulate and more of a leader than my colleague, congressman gutierrez. thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much, chairman durbin, ranking member graham, for inviting me to testify here today. i'm one of the -- one of the proudest things i am being in the state of illinois is the senior senator from my state. i'm so happy and delighted to be here with you, senator durbin. i've traveled from coast to coast to visit dozens of cities and communities and to listen to immigrant stories. some of my colleagues have visited their cities that are here with me today. and immigrants tell me th

conyers went back to saying as he said on the first the the only person entitled to in front it was mrston. eight days later the democratic leadership was telling the whole house that in impeachment shouldn't be discussed while the president and the commander in chief was engaged in the task of bombing iraq. [applause] i'm going to read a passage from hedge 22 called a short foot note. there was a time i could ever again to outperform all the most hardened but now i drank relatively carefully. about half past midday decent flood of mr. walker's to store this cut the perrier water and ideal delivery system and no ice. at lunch to have a bottle of red wine not always but nevertheless. in fact the desk to retreat the evening meal nil after dinner drinks most especially nothing sweet and never any brandy. nightcaps depend how well the day went but as before, no mixing, no messing around with a vodka. making rules about the drinking he can be defined as an alcoholic as martin once said to me. of course watching the clock for the start time is probably a bad find but here are some simple piec

we need congressman conyers to be here to do the things he has done so well for years. i want to thank everyone for being here. the national committee has joined the national organization for women's foundation, the institute for women's policy research, to release a report that we believe is important, not just our various constituencies, but to the entire country. breaking the social security glass ceiling, hour or four, provides a desperately needed a reality check to a washington debate that increasingly an almost explosively addresses social security in terms of how much money can be saved by cutting what are already modest benefits, rather than what those benefits cuts would actually mean it to the average american. the truth is, as our country ages and retirement income continues to decline for millions of americans, congress should be talking about the adequacy of social security benefits, not talking about cutting them. congress should examine the inequities that have created a poverty rate for senior women and widows that is 50% higher -- that is an astounding

. >> so this case is beginning get some traction, democratic congressman john conyers, ranking on theudiciary committee authored a letter to president obama. the first letter is bush, not president obama the letter says if the allegations about the pardon attorney and the allegations are proven, we believe the case warrants your immediate reconsideration in his application for clemency. do you think this could be effective? >> certainly. certainly. if the president didn't know before, and i assume that he didn't, he knows now what the true facts are, i think daphna's piece speaks for itself. the previous report by the pardon attorney didn't accurately convey the judviews the judge and the u.s. attorney. there is no reason that the president couldn't fix in this afternoon, if he was asking my president, which he's not. since you have been elected to office, mr. president, you have had to make a lot of tough decisions this isn't one of them. no reasonable person believes that clarence aaron deserves to die in prison. >> that's a terrific way to put it. he's made a lot of tough decisions

conyers, for their support in bringing this bill for consideration.i fully support the fundamental purpose of this bill which is to create and integrate blue alert plans throughout the 50 states and u.s. territories in order to disseminate information when a law enforcement officer is seriously injured in the line of duty. this program is similar to the public notification system to broadcast information about missing persons, especially seniors with alzheimer's and disease, or the apple bert alert, a public notification system about a missing child. similarly, the intent of this legislation is to expeditiously apprehend the offenders who hurt or kill law enforcement officers. law enforcement officers put their lives on the line every day to protect and serve the public. each year hundreds of law enforcement officers are killed or seriously injured in the line of duty. an average one law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty every 53 hours. last year 173 officers have been killed. up to 13% from 153 killed in the line of duty two years ago

i've been on my knees and john conyers office, and he wouldn't step for because he felt the presidentwas a series about it, and it would just be a political football. at the moment that senator cornyn makes a statement to the news media, i'm going to discuss immigration reform, fair u.s., numbers u.s.a., centers for immigration studies all get his desk covered up with facts is that come from my good republican friends who act as the puppets, those organizations are named are the puppeteers. anyway, look, bill, in regard to arizona's right to pass s.b. 1070, and i don't argue that right, although i help support an amicus brief from the greater houston partnership argument against it got as far as i am concerned, states' rights are a big thing. they ought to be able to do whatever they want to do but i think it was a terrible mistake for arizona. i am so thrilled that we defeated similar bills in texas, and just very simply, and i take s.b. 1070 and i kind of rapid up in what we call sanctuary city bill. i know it's a lot broader than that, but sanctuary city bill that was proposed in t

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we testified in front of congress and we are told by congressman henry hyde and congressmen john conyerst we would be protected under national security. we have had 3 attempts of murders on our lives here. we have given this information to all of the authorities in this country, including the attorney general in washington, d.c. host: so, call -- what is the question to our guest? caller: why is my family and i after we testified on behalf of the american people, why are we being treated this way? guest: the federal government does not do enough to protect its whistle-blowers. we don't create an environment in which whistle-blowers' feel comfortable coming forward. i do not know your case. you should look me up and send me information about your case. sight, pogo,ver tried to figure out ways to protect whistle-blowers. there was a senior gsa employee who saw this conference plan, across her desk. she said to the commissioner of the public buildings service, this looks bad to me, but he did nothing about it. she was a whistleblower and work with the inspector general. a terrific job after

john conyers approved. it is "the stephanie miller show." >> we're not through just yet, mr.ie miller. ♪ drives me crazy ♪ ♪ she drives me crazy i can't help myself ♪ >> stephanie: it is "the stephanie miller show." hump days with hal sparks. you okay? 50 minutes after the hour. >> i requested this song. >> stephanie: we're all about the naked face-eating zombies. >> stephanie: is there any update on the guy's condition? >> no. >> stephanie: i love the police said we hope that he recovers for his own sake but also so we know what happens. i gotta say -- what the hell. i've gotta hear this story. [ applause ] >> from his point of view, i don't know what insight he's going to get. >> stephanie: for instance how did you end up getting your face eaten? >> he started gnawing my face. he kind of looked up and to the right. it is just a warning. tell everybody. anybody who looks crazy looks slightly up to the right like they're getting instructions, cover your face. go into a fetal position and call 911. >> stephanie: i don't know what the stand your ground law is. >> you got a lot

conyers, the gentleman from missouri, mr. graves, and the gentlelady from new york, ms. velazquez, from the small business committee who took a look at this bill and passed it on a bipartisan basis. i thank the gentleman and i thank my colleagues across the way to come together today and try and do something to help the nation advance and with that, i encourage everyone to support this bill and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas reserves the plans of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from puerto rico rise? mr. pierluisi: i have no further speakers. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. mr. smith -- mr. pierluisi: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas. mr. smith: i yield back the balance of my time as well. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 3534 as amended? those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are su

conyers. this is a debate that is of course necessary but it is not going anywhere. this is in essence to respond to the potential impending sequestration and the dead lock of the committee, but the dead locke of the committee gave us an opportunity to work in a bipartisan manner. and my good friend who spoke on the other side of the aisle talked about abundance and prosperity and welfare. i say we are not talking about welfare. we are talking about investment in people and we are talking about not having a siege upon our children. on april 25, 2012 we were back in the judiciary committee again looking at medical malpractice for the ump teent time and i wondered -- empteenth time and i wondered why they were asked to find money and so directions for the republicans of the judiciary committee was to oppress the sick and to be able to cap medical malpractice insurance on innocent victims of women and children and the elderly when the medical system fails us as it relates to medical devices and other elements. we were told to eliminate for the children of america by eli

john conyers who is also the former chair of the house judiciary committee on the democratic side. so there really is, i believe, a bipartisan consensus that probable cause warrants are an appropriate tract for location tracking. we may also need some reporting requirements as well as senator franken called for but i think that a solution that a middle ground solution really is possible and appropriate here for location tracking because you're right, i mean, we have these new records. we don't necessarily have rules for them. we need to create those rules. >> as you well know, a decade ago, the debate that followed the 9/11 attacks is the patriot act and the question is where does the constitution come down vs. the issue of national security and that seems to be somewhat along the lines of now what we're dealing with as the justice department looks to try to track cell phone usage as a way to either prevent a crime or track down a criminal. guest: it's interesting the national security debate here. much of what the discussion has been up to this point has been law enforcement, not

we testified in front of congress and we are told by congressman henry hyde and congressmen john conyershat we would be protected under national security. we have had 3 attempts of murders on our lives here. we have given this information to all of the authorities in this country, including the attorney general in washington, d.c. host: so, what is the question to our guest? caller: why is my family and i after we testified on behalf of the american people, why are we being treated this way? guest: the federal government does not do enough to protect its whistle-blowers. we don't create an environment in which whistle-blowers' feel comfortable coming forward. i do not know your case. you should look me up and send me information about your case. government oversight, pogo.org tried to figure out ways to protect whistle-blowers. there was a senior gsa employee who saw this conference plan, across her desk. she said to the commissioner of the public buildings service, this looks bad to me, but he did nothing about it. she was a whistleblower and work with the inspector general. a terrific

conyers. this is a debate that is of course necessary but it is not going ywhere. this is in essence to respond to the potential impending sequestration and the dead lock of the committee, but the dead locke of the committee gave us an opportunity to work in a birtisan manner. and my good friend who spoke on the other side of the aisle talked about abundance and prosperity and welfare. i say we are not talking about welfare. we are talking about investment in people and we are talking about not having a siege upon our children. on april 25, 2012 we were back in the judiciary committee again looking at medical malpractice for the ump teent time and i wondered -- empteenth time and i wonred why they were asked to find money and so directions r the republicans of the judiciary committee was to oppress the sick and to be able to cap medical malpractice insurance on innocent victims of women and children and the elderly when the medical system fails us as it relates to medical devices and other elements. we were told to iminate for the children of america by eliminating

know we were able to do that with republican orrin hatch from utah, joe biden from delaware, john conyers, democrat from michigan, that we were able to do that across the aisle and that today, instead, what we're doing is a republican bill that would roll back the protections that many of us have sought. mr. welch: would the gentlelady yield? ms. edwards: i will yield and take the moment to close the hour. mr. welch: you make the good point. is it the case in this country that it's republican or democrat or republican children or democratic children that are victims of violence? we know that's not the case. there is a lot of emotion that goes into this. uncontrolled emotion and we know whether you are republican or democrat, child or woman, you are entitled to physical integrity beyond your own safety. it should be decided on partisan grounds and decided on the basic right of human beings to physical security and should be about to go to the believe we all have, we want to have respectful and loving relationships, particularly in our intimate relationships, and i yield back. ms. edwards: