Single-payer isn’t just the moral thing to do or a good government issue, it’s what Americans want, many leading health care practitioners and experts share my belief and that of most Americans that establishing a non-profit universal health care system would be the best way to effectively contain health care costs and provide quality care for all Americans.

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It's not enough for women to speak out on the issue - for the message to be strong and consistent, women's voices must be backed up by men's.

John Conyers
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Stealing has always been a way of redistributing wealth. by John Conyers

Stealing has always been a way of redistributing wealth.

John Conyers
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Back in 1792, Dr. Benjamin Banneker, the famed African-American inventor and scientist in Washington, proposed a Department of Peace for the new Nation to his friends George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. His prophetic suggestion was not implemented; but now, more than 200 years later, the need for a Peace Department is too compelling to ignore.

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We all have families who are longing for peace in the world and an end to the suffering caused by poverty, disease, and hunger. Untold numbers of our friends, our neighbors, our parents, and our children, are hoping that there is more understanding, more generosity, more genuine friendship, and more caring among people of all faiths and cultures.

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I am a Korean War veteran. I support our troops as much as anyone in this body, but I do so by advocating redeployment out of Iraq as soon as it can be safely done.

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I love these members, they get up and say, 'Read the bill ... What good is reading the bill if it's a thousand pages and you don't have two days and two lawyers to find out what it means after you read the bill?'

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A day of peace and sharing can lead to greater understanding and cooperation among political parties, faith groups, and people of different races and economic class.

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Journalists become candidates for cardiac arrest when they see or hear an African American disagreeing with an African American. We would become inauthentic if we did not have disagreements with this president.

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According to recent opinion polls, a large majority of Iraqis believe that the U.S. military has no intention to leave Iraq, and that it would stay even is asked by the Iraqi government to leave.

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The time is now for Congress to address health care in America. by John Conyers

The time is now for Congress to address health care in America.

John Conyers
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Every few generations there are people who come along that change the way we look at the world, for musical enthusiasts Monk is one of these individuals.

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Custodial education does not have as its objective the education of youth but rather social control over them. It suppresses rather than stimulates their intellectual and physical energies.

John Conyers
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We must ensure that these acts of terror do not accomplish in a slow burn what the fires of the World Trade Center and Pentagon could not - subversively destroying the foundation of our democracy.

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It is distressing to me that we live in an age in which we still must fight to protect our civil rights as Americans, in which a hate crime perpetrated against someone based their sexual orientation can go unpunished, and in which discrimination is being written into our laws.

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Just as outlawing alcohol did not work in the 1920s, current attempts to prohibit online gambling will not work, either.

John Conyers
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When it comes to civilian deaths, violent hostilities play no fav... by John Conyers

When it comes to civilian deaths, violent hostilities play no favorites.

John Conyers
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Once the violence has ceased, the US should immediately call on the World Bank and other international institutions to convene a donors conference to rebuild Lebanon's shattered infrastructure.

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Too many of my constituents, like many other hard working Americans across the country, are suffering unnecessarily due to our flawed health care system.

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We should not take a Memorial Day recess until we pass a proper memorial for the slain students in Littleton, Colorado, and other school gun tragedies.

John Conyers
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The news today that Bush has vowed to veto any legislation that reviews the security implications of the Dubai Port World's potential management of our ports is ludicrous and the entire Democratic Party is calling him to task for it.

John Conyers
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