Henry Hyde: “I believe my fellow Democrats on today's Judiciary Committee have a moral, ethical, and constitutional responsibility to…”

The more valuable our dissent into weakness, dissension and inaction, the greater the aid and comfort we give to our enemies.

An unrelenting Government assault on property rights, fueled by a dangerous and emotional vigilante mentality that sanctions shredding the U.S. Constitution into meaningless confetti.

Someone once said brevity is the soul of eloquence. I shall attempt to emulate that by saying we are happy to accept this excellent amendment.

Members of this Committee know the story of how Congressman Henry Hyde changed his mind when the 1982 reauthorization of the Voting Rights Act was in play by virtue of the facts and the testimony that he saw.