Angie Craig

Mr. President, Senators Campbell, Leahy, Reid and I have offered as an amendment to S. 1805 the ``Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act of 2003'' which was favorably reported out of the Judiciary Committee with strong bi-partisan support…

Machine guns: Fully automatic--the kind that is already banned. You can acquire them by permit from BATF to put in your collections, but you can't go to the street and buy them unless you buy them illegally and you buy them in the black…

I am honored we have lifted the gun debate, on a fundamentally important bill for the average American, to Presidential politics. So let's go to where the average American is, by a Zogby poll taken some months ago, and this is: The red…

If you just voted yes on the immediate past amendment that passed by a very large margin, 85 to 12, then you would vote no on Kennedy. It is quite simple why. He sets a new ballistic standard. He does not allow the professional to…

the Fraternal Order of Police, 311,000 police, oppose what the Senator from Massachusetts has just said. Their official organization says this is nothing more than a smokescreen to ban about 30 percent of ammunition that is currently in…

Thank you, Madam President. ``Momentarily,'' but they were caught. That is how my colleague just referred to those three terrorists he highlighted as a major reason to establish a new bureaucratic hurdle for law-abiding citizens. How were…

we have just heard an explanation as to why we ought to change a law on gun commerce in this country. It has largely been touted as a loophole. My contention this afternoon and my contention has always been that there is not a loophole…

I must tell you I think he is rewriting current law to fit a situation in his State, or attempting to do so. What we have always said here is individuals are responsible for their acts, not a third party or, in this case, the third party…

But for the moment let me suggest that the Bingaman amendment would modify very clearly the definition of ``reasonably foreseeable'' in product defect cases in such a way that would undermine, clearly, the purpose of S. 1805 and undo the…

For a few moments let me discuss the issue that is at hand, the effort to reinstate the assault weapons ban. In September of this year the law expires, so there is urgency on the part of those who believe it was an effective law to get it…

That outrage should be against the abuse of our courts by those who cannot change public policy through representative government but instead are attempting an end run around the State and Federal legislatures to impose their political…

Senator Kennedy has a copy of this straightforward amendment that strengthens the current armor-piercing bullet law. It does a couple of things. It says the Attorney General shall commission a study to determine whether a uniform standard…

I am glad the Senator from Wisconsin has stepped forward to offer a second-degree amendment. It clarifies the nature of damages in civil immunity language. It defines the inoperable in the immunity language. It reduces the penalty…

we have heard over the last few minutes what might appear, at first listening, to be alarming facts, figures, and statistics, but we all know that in any good debate the devil is in the details, and in the details of the Kennedy amendment…

Negligent entrustment: In subparagraph (a)(2), the term ``negligent entrustment'' means the supplying of a qualified product by a supplier for use by another person when the supplier knows or should know-- That is very important. --the…

I will take some of those minutes to speak to the Boxer amendment, as amended. I do oppose this amendment and here are some very simple facts why. I have already talked about the industry itself moving rapidly in a voluntary way toward…

The legislation exempts qualified active and retired law enforcement officers from State and local prohibitions on the carrying of concealed firearms. What this means is that active and retired police officers will be able to carry their…

I am not insensitive to what the Senator is saying, but I am saying, let's get the facts. We do not want to wipe out half the hunting or two-thirds of the hunting ammunition and the target ammunition in this country. That is legitimate. It…

Mr. President, shortly the majority leader will send an amendment to the desk to provide for a permanent extension of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This was one of the truly landmark pieces of legislation in American history. Last…

I will use some of my time at this moment. At the outset, let me say Senator Mikulski and I are best of friends. We appreciate our friendship, and we work closely on a variety of pieces of legislation. There is nothing I would do nor is…

My amendment, as you can see, is really very simple, but it is also extremely important. It is simple in this respect: 55 cosponsors of S. 1805 have cosponsored S. 1805 because of its narrowness, of its cleanliness in the fact that we do…

The Senator knows I am only responding to a comment he made. I am simply suggesting that for the next few moments he might wish to read that subsection. Here we are not dealing with product liability. It appeared the Bushmaster tragically…

Law enforcement exception--Nothing in this Act shall be construed to limit the right of an officer or employee of any Federal, State, or local law enforcement agency to recover damages authorized under Federal or State law in a civil…

I must ask him to return to page 7 of the bill, exception one and exception two: an action brought against a transferor convicted under section 924(h) of title 18, United States Code, or a comparable or identical State felony law, by a…

This is an extraordinary showing of support for a bill. I believe it is a testament to the gravity of the threat addressed by this legislation: The abuse of our courts through lawsuits filed to force law-abiding businesses to pay for…