Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, as every one knows I strongly supported enhanced authority for law enforcement to investigate, prosecute, and punish terrorists. Specifically I believe Federal law enforcement ought to have the necessary tools in terrorism cases, tools that are already available in other types of criminal investigations. I am speaking about multipoint wiretaps, temporary emergency wiretaps and pen registers and trap and trace devices. In the first session of this Congress, I introduced the Comprehensive Antiterrorism Act of 1995, H.R. 1710, which did contain all of these features. My bill was approved by the Committee on the Judiciary June 20, 1995 by a bipartisan vote of 23 to 12. Unfortunately, some of these key elements were stricken from the final version of the law that was signed by the President on April 24 of this year. Today I have introduced similar legislation in the House of Representatives as H.R. 3960, the Antiterrorism Law Enforcement Enhancement Act of 1996.”