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 ConyersThe Republicans have chosen to neglect young Americans who need assistance with the costs of higher education.
John ConyersToo many of my constituents, like many other hard working Americans across the country, are suffering unnecessarily due to our flawed health care system.
John ConyersBack 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.
John Conyers