Asa Hutchinson

That sneak and peek that you talk about is a delayed notice provision, and you have to have a judge's order before a law enforcement officer can do that.

Well, of course the concern is what you don't know about. But clearly in the last 2 1/2 years, we have dismantled cells in the United States, individuals who are connected to al Qaeda and terrorism.

Now we can use it for terrorists.

Well, first of all, that sneak and peek that you talk about is a delayed notice provision, and you have to have a judge's order before a law enforcement officer can do that.

The most important thing is to have the Patriot Act renewed because the provisions are about to sunset.

The most important thing is that you can share intelligence. There was a wall that was put up between those that gathered foreign intelligence, and those that were in law enforcement.

Some of the terrorists of the past have not just come in with a visa, they've actually traveled through visa waiver country passports and that's been attractive to them and we've recognized that, that we need to address.

You then recognize, of course, that this is -- shows their continued capability and would certainly enhance the security even more.

It would be the wrong decision to make at this time. We want to know whether this is an incident that was directed at Spain, that is no threat to the United States, whether this is an al Qaeda incident.

Beyond the practicalities, the underlying issue is, is it fair? Is it right? A bigger exemption does not solve the basic unfairness. A greater exclusion, lowering rates, none of that really deals with the underlying issue. It is an unfair…

Yes, the area wage index floor and base payment change proposals both enjoy broad bipartisan support. As I mentioned earlier, 26 Senators have cosponsored the Area Wage and Base Payment Improvement Act. Elements of this legislation have…

The fact is, the farm bill came very late in this session because we have been very involved with a lot of important legislation dealing with 9-11. My support for cloture, and the reason I urge my colleague to support it, is because we are…

I can't judge their motives and I do not seek to. I have urged them to vote for cloture. I think it is very important we have a farm bill this year. But time is running out and I urge they support cloture.

As I said, I have voted for cloture and I will again vote for cloture. But even if cloture were invoked and the Harkin-Daschle substitute were adopted, it is not possible to conference it and get a farm bill to the President this year.

I say to the Senator from Kansas that it is my understanding that because some of the decoupled payments in the Harkin-Daschle substitute are phased out, the likelihood in the course of the farm bill of it becoming out of compliance is…

I call it the 5 fat years and the 5 lean years, the 5 years of plenty and the 5 years of famine. That is the danger in frontloading.

Well, the Senator has articulated it very well. If we are serious about getting a farm bill done this year--and people have said they want a bill this year--this is it; this is the last alternative. If we want a bill that is…

The amendment I filed this evening is the bipartisan farm bill that had been filed earlier by Senator Lincoln, myself, Senator Helms, Senator Miller, Senator Sessions, Senator Landrieu, and Senator Breaux. It is truly the only bipartisan…

I will stand with you, if it becomes necessary, to restrict the Department of Defense authorization for release of sebacic acid. I know that we will be joined by many others, on both sides of the aisle. It is easy to see that the impact of…

Currently, the staff of the Fort Smith office are processing a significantly greater number of cases than was originally planned and doing so without a corresponding increase in staff. Thus, it is common for a person's work permit or…

As you know, according to the 2000 Census, Arkansas' Hispanic population grew by 337 percent over the course of the past decade, a rate of growth which is believed to be the fastest in the nation. In the Third Congressional District, where…

Every 1-percent increase in insurance premium costs equates to about 300,000 people losing their insurance.

Reclaiming my time, I say to Senator Kennedy, you are not arguing with me; you are arguing with objective studies that indicate that with every 1 percent----

Would the Senator from Michigan concede that although there are differences between European nations and the students they educate in the upper grades, the statistics I showed giving international comparisons in the eighth grade in both…

I commend my colleague from Wyoming for his very strong, clear, and forceful statement supporting tax relief for the American people. It was well reasoned. I applaud him for making his statement and associate myself with it.