John Conyers

Mr. CONYERS

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde). That really contributes to the comity of this body, and I am sure it is an interesting statistic that everybody ought to know about.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from California (Mr. Fazio), the departing chair of our caucus.

Mr. CONYERS. Thank you, Mr. Hyde.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio). (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield to me?

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Lofgren), a member of the Committee on the Judiciary who has worked tirelessly on crafting a middle course for the Members of the House of Representatives.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Rothman), an able member of the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Wisconsin (Mr. Barrett).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Wexler), a valuable member of the Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that on the motion to recommit we be granted 5 minutes on each side for the purpose of comments and for the purpose of debate.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from New York (Mr. Nadler), who coauthored the alternative proposal that we shall shortly offer this morning.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the able gentleman from New York (Mr. Schumer), a senior member of our Committee on the Judiciary.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 10 seconds. I really want to say to the chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Henry Hyde), that I respect the fulsomeness and fairness of his statement. I know that he is a person of his word, and I hope that these processes within our committee and the Congress will follow along the lines that he has outlined so admirably. Mr. Speaker, I yield 4\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Rick Boucher), the principal architect of the alternative proposal to the motion on the floor that will be embodied in a motion to recommit. (Mr. BOUCHER asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.

Mr. CONYERS. I yield to the gentleman from Illinois.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I appreciate the unanimous consent that is being put forward, and ask my friend, the distinguished gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Hyde), chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary, if he would add 2 hours to that request, please. I understand the exigencies of the moment, but I have enormous pressure being put upon the ranking member for Members to merely have a chance to get in a brief expression on this historic occasion, and I ask that the gentleman give that his most generous consideration.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the distinguished gentlewoman from California (Ms. Pelosi).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Delahunt), my friend and a senior prosecutor.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Davis). (Mr. DAVIS of Illinois asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. CONYERS

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, a former member of the Committee on the Judiciary the gentleman from California (Mr. Becerra) is no longer with us on the committee, but we still appreciate his legal insights. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from California (Mr. Becerra).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 20 seconds to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Kilpatrick).

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Lloyd Doggett), a former member of his State's Supreme Court.

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from Michigan (Ms. Debbie Stabenow). (Ms. STABENOW asked and was given permission to revise and extend her remarks.)

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski). (Mr. LIPINSKI asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. CONYERS

Mr. CONYERS. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 1\1/2\ minutes. (Mr. CONYERS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)