this bill comes to us against the background of domestic and foreign terrorism that has caused countless murders of innocent men, women, children, and the elderly. So bloody, and so cowardly, a series of crimes that to ignore them and to…

I think terrorists who kill ought to die, and they ought not to linger for 16 or 17 years. That is why habeas corpus is in there. I commend the text of the bill to my friend. He said one cabinet officer can come up with a list of terrorist…

Mr. Chairman, Islamic fundamentalists are good people, by and large, but there is a radical group of them that control a country called Iran and control a country called Sudan who have a vision of the world that is quite different from…

the manager's amendment that we are discussing now changes the short title of the bill to the ``Effective Death Penalty and Public Safety Act of 1996.'' It conforms the language in section 102, ``prohibiting material support to…

Last, Mr. Chairman, the gentleman strikes the reasonable-cause-to-believe language in section 102 relating to knowingly providing material support to terrorist organizations, and section 204 relating to knowingly transferring a firearm to…

Mr. Chairman, reasonable men differ on issues reasonably, and I agree with the gentleman from Georgia that we need balance in this area. But I do not think he is striking the balance, and I must oppose strenuously this amendment, because I…

we have just been called extremists, and list me in the front ranks of the extreme, if by earning that appellation I can defend the innocent unborn. It seems to me 1\1/2\ million abortions every year is pretty extreme. The U.S. Supreme…

National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission Act (H.R. 497) would create a national commission to study the economic and social impact of gambling in our country. The legislation is the concept of our colleague, and my good friend…

I have a very special announcement to make. One of our colleagues, the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Bunning], was just named to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Mr. Speaker, I am sure that my colleagues all know that the gentleman from Kentucky…

Yes, Mr. Speaker, it is our intent that the U.S. Territories, Commonwealths, and possessions be included in H.R. 497, as the gentleman has stated.

I hesitate to quote Shakespeare, and probably inartfully, but me thinks ``thou doth protest too much'' seems to hang over this Chamber today. I have never heard so many Members defending States rights. This is virgin territory for them…

I can only express the found hope that when we do get to debating immigration this hostility toward foreigners is somewhat diminished. I do not mean on the part of the gentleman from North Carolina, but others, who shall be nameless.

I hope the gentleman in Prague can find an attorney in Omaha to run in and defend himself before he has defaulted and the default judgment is entered so that due process gets at least a pass at being respected.

This is a very confused situation and it really should not be. We are talking about manufacturers from Prague, Czechoslovakia, for example, former Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic, who do not do business here. They do not have an…

I yield myself 30 seconds, simply to comment how enjoyable it is to be instructed on questions of jurisdiction and service of process from Mr. Justice Dingell. He just short-circuited the real issue, which is jurisdiction, not where you…

reclaiming my time, I disagree. The gentleman is looking for protection and recourse for the injured plaintiff, and the injured plaintiff can have it against the seller. Now you wish to have a multimillionaire manufacturer in Prague. They…

Well, reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, I certainly agree with the gentlewoman that any discussion about abortion, both pro-life and pro-abortion rights, is protected by the first amendment guarantee of free speech; and I certainly agree…

I approached this important and complex issue from a competition and deregulatory policy perspective. Clearly, the proposed entry of the regional Bell operating companies into the long distance and manufacturing markets raises fundamental…

we are met today to pay tribute to the millions of Americans who, in the face of tyranny and aggression, answered ``yes'' when their country called. To serve one's nation is always an ennobling experience. That is especially true when that…

But that is costly and cumbersome, and maybe the people who are initiating this do not have the resources that some of the special interests who want to set it aside do. But an appeal is never as good as winning it in the first place; the…

I was somewhat taken aback by the gentleman from North Carolina's concern about the extra burden on the courts for convening a three-judge panel to decide a State referendum or initiative that the constitutionality, because my memory could…

this is more than a legal or a constitutional question, although it certainly is that. It is a moral question. I do not think anybody who claims to be human can be indifferent to the proposition that a tiny, vulnerable, defenseless unborn…

I do support the manager's amendment. I think it has tied up a lot of loose ends and makes the entire telecommunications field more competitive. The purpose of the entire legislation was really to enhance competition, because that…

There is the peace of the jail and the peace of the graveyard. You can have peace in Bosnia, kill all the Moslems, and they cannot fight anymore. Next to that, just keep them disarmed while everybody else brims with armaments. Freedom has…

It would not. What we did was transferred destroyers to Great Britain. He declared them surplus.