Political Quotes

“the gentleman is moving to strike the enacting clause and to kill this legislation. I know that would please him and it certainly would not disappoint the gentleman from Michigan, but I think it would disappoint a lot of people, such as the families of the victims at Oklahoma City whom I have met, such as the families of the victims of pan Am 103 whom I have met, such as the hostages who returned from Lebanon who were here the other day, such as the daughter of Leon Klinghoffer, who was murdered by thugs on the Achille Lauro. These are people who would like to see us pass this legislation. You may think there is nothing left, but there is substantial good left in the bill, despite the Barr amendment which I deplore. One of the things left is the ability of the victims' families to sue terrorist countries and perpetrators of terrorist acts in this country and get a judgment, because some of their assets are here have been frozen. So that alone makes this worthwhile.”