“I’ve been in the civil rights movement, before I was in the political movement,” the congressman once said
Conyers was also known as the grandfather of Medicare-for-All. He introduced the National Health Care Act or Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act in 2003, which was designed to give all Americans access to healthcare though a single-payer, government-run system. Sen. Bernie Sanders Rolling Stone
spoke with Robert Weiner, who served as Conyers’ press secretary for six years on the Government Operations Committee, now known as the House Oversight Committee, in the 90s. Weiner shared a memory of the congressman shortly before the impeachment hearings of President Bill Clinton: “Conyers was sitting in his office, lights off, playing jazz — he was Mr.
Weiner also talked about Conyers’ steadfast leadership in the party and the Congressional Black Caucus. “He was instrumental and took such pride in being a co-founder of the Congressional Black Caucus,” Weiner said. “He even put it on his stationery. And he was absolutely brilliant on progressive issues. He always spoke slowly and deliberately and had such a remarkable understanding of the issues.
For his final three years in Congress, Conyers was known as the “dean” of the House, a title bestowed to the longest-serving member. Conyers’ son, John Conyers III, spoke with
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