Political Quotes

“Well, because there was no hearings, we are trying to see how this even fits into the Federal Criminal Code and into the existing sections, and even into the bill itself. So bringing something of this magnitude down on the floor is just to me something that we do not need to deal with now. I mean, maybe there was some reason this did not come up in the hearings, but there is no way that I am going to now suggest that on all of the things that we have put on the States that we are now going to tell them how they ought to handle their pretrial bail circumstances. You know, can I suggest that may be some bail bondsman's organizations may be, politely, behind some of this emphasize to create new requirements that would need their services? Because I do not know why else we would want to do it this way, and the gentleman is even thinking about the suggestion of the gentleman from California [Mr. Berman] that maybe even if it could be paid into the courts would be at least a small amelioration of the problem that I see, and the gentleman is still reflecting on that. So, as you can tell, there is very little enthusiasm on this side of the aisle for the amendment.”