Fred Heineman: “I thank the gentleman, and let me at this point say this is a bipartisan effort, as I see it, and I thank my colleagues…”

Mr. Speaker, on November 16, 1995, I introduced H.R. 2650, the Mandatory Federal Prison Drug Treatment Act, to restore equity in the way the Federal Bureau of Prisons [BOP] administers its very successful drug treatment program. This…

Mr. Chairman, in deference to the gentleman from Maryland [Mr. Mfume], let the record clearly indicate that in the committee--and the gentleman from Michigan can speak to that and others in the Committee on the Judiciary--this issue was…

I think we have reached an area where we are talking about micromanaging States as it relates to bail and other issues. This is an issue for the Congress to talk about, because it is a national issue; I think just as any other national…

I stand in opposition to the Barr amendment. There are great sections of this terrorism bill, effective death penalty reform, victims restitution, criminal alien deportation, that are great. That is fighting crime. But what does it do…