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Jack Kingston: Mr. Davis is a hero to us. In his honor, I have to refute some of the things that are going on on this terrorism…

On the recordJuly 31, 1996
Mr. Davis is a hero to us. In his honor, I have to refute some of the things that are going on on this terrorism discussion today. I have the vote list on the terrorism bill, and many of the speakers today from the Democratic side voted against the only terrorism bill we had. To my knowledge, none of them offered amendments. There may have been a few, but it is kind of interesting to hear these people talking about we need a terrorist bill by the end of the week, and yet they had their chance. For a year and a half we debated this, and most of them did not offer amendments. Just about all of them voted no. I have a copy of the vote list, it is kind of interesting, it is almost rollcall, from the people we have been hearing from. We have to work on a bipartisan basis. We want to continue working with the President. We want to solve this problem. We owe it to the Tom Davises of the world.
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Jack Kingston
Georgia

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Addressing the need for bipartisan support on terrorism legislation.

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