So let's just go with that thought for a moment. Let's say our intelligence community, our law enforcement community, and our military/Department of Defense are all monitoring al-Qaida threats at home and abroad; does the Senator agree…

So our courts have recognized that during a time of hostilities, the executive branch has the authority to detain an American citizen who is helping the enemies of the Nation. The question is, Does the Congress want to change that for the…

I thank the President. I would suggest to our colleagues, let's think this thing through. Let's realize that if the enemy is coming to our homeland, the enemy is recruiting American citizens; and if we find an American citizen who has, in…

Does he agree with me that we need a legal system that understands the difference between fighting a war and fighting a crime?

Let's imagine a scenario next week where we find an al- Qaida cell exists that is planning a series of attacks against the United States, and within that cell we have some American citizens and we have people who have come here who are…

Does domestic criminal law focus on the wrongdoing of the actor, based on a specific event, when we are trying to resolve a dispute between the wrongdoer and the victim?

Does the Senator agree with me the reason the Supreme Court has recognized that an American citizen could be held as an enemy combatant if they collaborate with an enemy is that the Court views that as an act of war; and under the powers…

I claim time in opposition to the amendment. The CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina is recognized for 5 minutes.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would invite my friends on the other side of the aisle to join us in addressing what I hear from every small business owner back in South Carolina, which is fix the regulatory apparatus, fix the tax structure…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I yield myself such time as I may consume. My first job was delivering newspapers. My job after that was bagging groceries at a local grocery store. My job after that was working at a tobacco warehouse. I don't…

I yield myself such time as I may consume. This amendment would strike provisions of the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act that ensure employers have at least 14 days to find legal counsel and prepare their cases for the preelection…

I just find it instructive again--and we need to give pause and reflect on why we're here. We're not here because Chairman Kline had an idea out of the blue. We're here because an activist, agenda-driven NLRB is dissatisfied with 31 days…

May I inquire of the Chair how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from South Carolina has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

Mr. President, I will wrap this up. I know we have colleagues who want to speak. Let me reiterate what Senator Lieberman said. There is a stream of thought that every member of al-Qaida, American citizen or not, is an enemy of the people…

Does my colleague agree with me that makes perfect sense, that an American who helps the Nazis has committed an act of war, not a common crime?

Does the Senator agree with me that our Supreme Court, as recently as about 3 to 4 years ago, affirmed the fact that we can hold our own as enemy combatants when the evidence suggests they have joined forces with the enemy? That is the law?

And the law of war allows the following: trial or detention or both. Is that correct?

What I would like my colleagues to understand is that no German prisoner in World War II had the ability to go to a Federal judge and say: Let me go. If you had brought up the concept in World War II that an American citizen who was…