Jeremiah Smith: “The motto of my legislation is that armed pilots are the first line of deterrence and the last line of defense--the…”

I thank the Leader for his strong support, and I am pleased that the administration is also supportive. I know how many long hours the Attorney General is putting in on this issue, and how committed he is to winning this war on terrorism…

It had been my intention to offer an amendment which would strengthen provisions in the bill to deal with known terrorist aliens. As Senator Lott well remembers, we worked in 1996, created the Alien Terrorist Removal Court, to hear cases…

That is exactly the problem. Under current law, the Justice Department would have to give a declassified summary of all the secret evidence used in the deportation proceedings to the terrorist. Now, why would we compromise our intelligence…

In order to limit potential negative impacts on gasoline prices and fuel supplies, the legislation authorizes a total of $750 million over three fiscal years to promote production of other fuel additives. This funding is intended to…