Nov 17, 2011
The Senator is correct. The Senator has led the way to have this kind of additional protection for those prisoners. There is greater protection in this bill because of that review process than there is without this bill.
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Mike Levin is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 49th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, Levin has focused on issues such as climate change, healthcare, and reproductive rights during his time in office. He has been an advocate for policies that promote access to in vitro fertilization and has emphasized the importance of bipartisan cooperation in Congress.
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Nov 17, 2011
But whether they are right or wrong, the facts are in this bill there is flexibility. It is carefully laid out. The President will lay out the procedures and notify the Congress of those procedures. But the point is, we do provide the very…
Nov 17, 2011
But that is not who is going to decide. We are not going to make the decision that the person is going to be given or not given civilian interrogation. That decision is going to be made by a President who sets the procedures for…
Nov 17, 2011
That is exactly what we provide in this amendment. That is the question Senator McCain just asked: If this administration or any administration decides that they want to provide the civilians with opportunity to interrogate, for whatever…
Nov 17, 2011
We make it flexible. This is something which I heard today from the supporters of this amendment. They want flexibility.
Nov 17, 2011
There was nothing wrong with that. That was the choice of the executive branch. It worked here.
Nov 17, 2011
The Christmas Day Bomber, I believe he was taken off that plane in Detroit, he was interrogated by the FBI; is that correct?
Nov 17, 2011
That helps. I thank the Senator. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from South Carolina.
Nov 17, 2011
Madam President, I wonder if the Senator from California might offer those amendments right now and call them up so we can get a vote on them. We are trying to vote on amendments, and I am wondering if she could call up one of those…
Nov 17, 2011
No. Regular order. Mr. McCAIN. OK, that the regular order be-- The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Levin amendment is now pending.
Nov 17, 2011
If we did not have somebody here, we were going to do it two at a time. Mr. McCAIN. Yes. I think it is the other side's turn. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mrs. McCaskill). The Senator from Rhode Island.
Nov 17, 2011
You had two, I believe. You were the second, I think. Mr. McCAIN. I think what the chairman meant was, there would be two if----
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