Political Quotes

“I oppose this amendment also, and I do so because, as I understand the arguments that are being made, they come down to this: The argument is that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms is riding roughshod over the rights of innocent law-abiding people, and I want to point out that this was the testimony at our hearing on the exclusionary rule that the exclusionary rule does not protect honest citizens from a law enforcement agency or law enforcement officers who are bent on ignoring constitutional rights. And the reason for that is law-abiding citizens are not going to have any evidence of crime in their possession which can be suppressed under any version of the exclusionary rule. That is why this amendment is misdirected to this bill. But the chairman's suggestion to look more closely at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for other action is quite appropriate.”