Interview with Congressman John Conyers Jr

Congressman John Conyers Jr represents the 13th Congressional District of Michigan. He currently serves as the dean of the United States House of Representatives, its most senior member. He also serves as the ranking member, the senior Democrat, on the United States House Judiciary Committee. Elected in 1964, he has made jobs, justice, and peace his priorities for 50 years.

Congressman Conyers has been a stalwart supporter of HR 2480, Nurse and Health Care Worker Protection Act of 2013. As this bill is the only national legislation currently in congress that addresses safe patient handling and mobility, we have asked Congressman Conyers to answer a few questions regarding the bill and about safe patient handling and mobility. Readers interested in supporting legislation should contact their congressperson and urge him or her to support the bill. You can track the bill at https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr2480.