Patricia Schroeder: “This provision on habeas corpus that I was talking about was not even in the bill when it left the Committee on the…”

“This provision on habeas corpus that I was talking about was not even in the bill when it left the Committee on the Judiciary. I find it interesting that people now come to the floor and say this was the gut of the bill. If this was the core of the bill, somebody forgot to tell the Committee on the Judiciary, because it was not in the bill when it left the Committee on the Judiciary. The part that was in the bill when it left the Committee on the Judiciary is now gone, because the NRA said: No, no, no, that is too strong. We cannot have the Federal Government looking at the militia groups and do that. We do not trust the Federal Government. Take all those things out. All of a sudden this has now become habeas corpus reform. The President is right. There should be habeas corpus reform. I agree with that. Many of us agree with that. We do not say totally gut it and we say do not put habeas corpus reform in and call that a terrorism bill. Let us be really clear about this. I think that that is the issue, and that is what we are trying to say. Let us be perfectly clear and let us not try to clutter this up. What this is doing is leaving terrorism unchecked and not giving them authority that the President asked for.”