I submit to my colleagues that the better question that we all ought to be concerned about as Members of Congress, as American citizens, do we want to dumb- down, do we want to lower the expectation of the conduct of the chief law enforcement officer of this country, the Commander in Chief of this country who sends our soldiers off to foreign lands in harm's way, the President of the United States?
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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.
The more valuable our dissent into weakness, dissension and inaction, the greater the aid and comfort we give to our enemies.
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I announce my difficulty in opposing my good friends, Mr. Berman and Mrs. Tauscher. They are both very learned in this field. However, this amendment is very similar to Mr. Sherman's amendment and should be defeated for virtually the same…
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