Member of Congress

John Conyers

Role
Former Representative
State
MI
Party
Democrat

Speeches

MARRIAGE PROTECTION AMENDMENT2004-09-30

Mr. CONYERS

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. Blumenauer).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 45 seconds to the gentlewoman from Ohio (Mrs. Jones).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 seconds to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Crowley).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield the balance of my time to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi) to close.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 15 seconds to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the very courageous gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Shays), a distinguished member of this body.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, no one has been closer in this Congress to Dr. Martin Luther King than he has, and I proudly yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Lewis).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 30 seconds to the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Capps).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 10 seconds to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Capuano).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Minnesota (Ms. McCollum).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank) for the purpose of making a unanimousconsent request. (Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks and include extraneous material.)

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Pallone).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Colorado (Ms. DeGette), a distinguished lawyer in her own right.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentleman from New York (Mr. Israel).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Inslee), a very distinguished supporter of civil rights and human rights. (Mr. INSLEE asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Woolsey), who has worked with us on civil rights, human rights and international issues throughout her career.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased now to reach across the aisle and yield 3\1/2\ minutes to the distinguished gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Kolbe).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from Maryland (Mr. Hoyer), a longtime civil rights and human rights advocate.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 4\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Frank), a distinguished member of the Committee on the Judiciary now on leave.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield for the purpose of making a unanimous consent request to the gentleman from California (Mr. Berman). (Mr. BERMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, 4\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Weiner), the honorable Member who serves on the Committee on the Judiciary with great skill and distinction.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from Oakland, California (Ms. Lee), who replaced our good colleague Ron Dellums, an activist in domestic and international matters.

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