Honorable John Conyers
United States Representative, Michigan, Democrat
Representative Conyers, of the Fourteenth District of Michigan, was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1964. He served as a Legislative Assistant to U.S. Representative John Dingell from 1958 to 1961, as a practicing attorney from 1959 to 1961, and as a Referee in the Michigan Workmen’s Compensation Department from 1961 to 1963. He is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. The following is from the May 3, 2007, House floor debate on H.R. 1592, the Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2007.The hate crimes bill, H.R. 1592, will provide assistance to State and local…
