John Conyers

“I represent a district that is 80 percent African-American. And we have to be just as sensitive to their needs as we are to the needs of the 20 percent.”

“Before we start talking about giving tax cuts to the rich, let's talk about how we're going to pay for the war in Iraq.”

“You can't have a war on terror if you're not going to pay for it.”

“We can't just have abstract discussions. We have to have a bill before us.”

“I'm for the impeachment of George W. Bush.”

“My bill would create a single-payer national health insurance program that would cover all Americans.”

“There is a lot of work to do, and I am going to be a part of it.”

“The Congressional Black Caucus is a voice for the voiceless.”

“We have to stop the bleeding of jobs from our country.”

“If we would just take our top 10 percent of the corporations and pay them what they paid in taxes in 1960, we would have a million living-wage jobs.”