mr. conyers.his country owes him a real debt of gratitude for hanging in there and sticking with this bill to see it become law. many of you young people are sitting up there, thinking, i cannot believe it took 15 years. you wonder what the big deal was. many of us still wonder. i am pleased to be serving on the panel to be on the panel with -- to be on the panel with denise. her parents gave a lot to this country. we appreciate their legacy and we are glad to have her on the panel to talk about the senate passing of the bill. i want to first talk about my the bill was passed. i am a political scientist by background, trying to analyze what were the factors that led to the passage, looking at the barriers that were in the way. i am pretty certain when mr. conyers introduced the king holiday bill, many people around the country said that he and mrs. king were dreaming the impossible dream. there was even criticism at the beginning of this misses came on white -- mrs. king on why she was trying to c

mr. conyers. this country owes him a real debt of gratitude for hanging in there and sticking with this bill to see it has become the law, and many of you young people are saying we cannot imagine it took 15 years to get this bill passed, because you lived with the bill and you wonder what is the big deal, and many of those -- many of us who were around still wonder what is the big deal. i am also pleased to serve on the panel with denise burns. denise's parents left a long legacy of commitment to this community and this country, and we appreciate that legacy, and we are glad to have voided on the panel, who we are -- boyd on this panel, who we assume will be able to talk about this particular bill. i am going to talk about why this bill was passed. i am a political scientist by background. you go back and try to analyze what were the factors that led to the passage, looking at the barriers that stuck in the way -- i am pretty certain when mr. conyers first introduced the king holiday deal that ma

mr. conyers, and the gentleman from texas, mr. smith, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from michigan. mr. conyers: thank you, madam speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, so ordered. mr. conyers: and i yield myself as much time as i may consume. madam speaker, and members, i've been doing this for quite a number of years now and i ask my chief of staff how many years specifically it's been, but we're here again with the ranking member, lamar smith, with john lou -- lewis, the last remaining king disciple that worked with dr. king longer than any of us, and today we rise to salute not only dr. martin luther king jr. but also recalling those days when we were marching for a king holiday , stevie wonder, we salute king and stevie wonder for the wonderful inspiration he gave us all with his musical tribute to dr. king, "happy birthday." on monday we observed for the 25th year the federal mart

mr. conyers office lotus have -- let us have. you can go on line after this program and explore some of the things we have on line that -- online. we want a living memorial to dr. king and the congressional black caucus. after this session, i think we will have a display. i look forward to having a dialogue during the question and answers section. >> i had used a lot of the documents on your site. it gives a little more detail on the legislative history of the bill. i am grateful to you for that. i will turn the program over to denise barnes. >> good afternoon. and thank you. it is a pleasure to be here this afternoon. i am more excited that you are here to hear about the making of a holiday. one of the things that i feel fortunate enough to say is that to a certain extent, i was there. while i was not on the hill, working next to congressman conyers and the other members of the congressional black caucus, just like you, i was a young person in washington d.c. that happened to be the daughter of a newspaper publisher and a stepda

mr. conyers: by direction of the committee on judiciary, i send to the desk a privileged report for filing under the rule to accompany house resolution 994. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 994, a resolution directing the attorney general to transmit to the house of representatives all information in the attorney general's possession relating to the decision to dismiss united states versus new black panther party. the speaker pro tempore: that will be referred to the house will be referred to the house calendar and ordered printed. for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia rise? mr. cantor: mr. speaker, i ask to address the house for one minute for the prps of inquiring about next week's schedule. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. cantor: i thank the speaker. i yield to the gentleman from maryland, the majority leader, for the purpose of announcing next week's schedule. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman for yielding. on monday the house is not in session

mr. conyers: likewise i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the house suspend the rules and agree to house resolution 1010. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the rules are suspended, the resolution is agreed to and without objection the motion is reconsidered and laid on the table. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? >> thank you, madam speaker, i move to intend the rules and agree to the resolution honoring the lives of the seven americans killed and those wounded in the attack on forward operating base chatman in khost, eaving, on december 30, 2009. the chair: the -- the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: house resolution 1009. honoring the seven americans killed on khost, afghanistan, for their service to the united states and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from texas,

mr. conyers? >> you don't pass. you pass everything with honors. you are recognized, mr. onyers. >> you can't chair two subcommittees at the same time. let's see what we're talking about here. i -- this is a funny kind of hearing. we have two witnesses that say everything is going along well as about as it can and two that are clearly dissatisfied. now, my gator tells me -- invest gator tells me that the whole coalition is made up of community counselors, bankers, and mortgage company officials, true? >> and investors and freddie mac and all of the nonprofit hud approved counseling agencies, that's correct. >> how many bankers? >> well, we have about 34 different servicing institutions, many of the top banks are members of hope now. >> they're the ones that created the problem. >> tharet once, sir, that need to get you out of it. >> oh, because they got us into it. >> they're the ones in charge of executing modification and helping borrowers through lost mitigation and to help get out of it. >> how many are there? >> pardon me? >> how many bankers are there? >> i don't kno