I applaud the efforts of our intelligence community to fight this war against terrorism. Under very difficult circumstances, they are doing an outstanding job. They have a tough assignment, not knowing from one day to the next where a…

This court was created in 1996, as I said, as part of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act. Since 1996, the Justice Department has used the court, as I said before, not once--not even one time--to deport any alien terrorist or…

The motto of my legislation is that armed pilots are the first line of deterrence and the last line of defense--the first line of deterrence because terrorists will know that armed pilots will be able to defend the cockpit and defend the…

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…

I thank the Leader. As I said, it had been my intention to offer an amendment to resolve this problem by eliminating the requirement for the Attorney General to give this sensitive information to the alien terrorist before deporting him…

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…

the evil acts perpetrated on September 11, which took thousands of innocent lives in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania, have brought out the best and worst in man. In the days following the terrorist attacks on the United States…

if the Senator will agree that we postpone this vote until we have this bill go back to the committee where it can be heard and brought to the floor, I would be fine with that. Apparently that is not going to be the case. I think it is…

I quote from this letter. Congress Should Demand Religious-freedom Improvements As It Considers Vietnam Trade Agreement. The Senate will soon consider the Bilateral Trade Agreement with Vietnam approved by the House of Representatives last…

this is a vote of 410-1, which noted the human rights violations Vietnam has committed. I ask my colleagues for the Record why we cannot have a similar vote in the Senate. If those who want to normalize relations with Vietnam choose to…

We should not give free trade to a Communist regime that ignores basic human rights and insults us--``insult'' isn't even strong enough--by saying something like that, having those comments made on the streets of Hanoi and proudly printing…

Yet in spite of the fact that the House voted 410-1 to cite those violations, we cannot have a similar vote in the Senate today, either before or after voting on normal trade relations with Vietnam. That is my issue and my concern, and it…

it is well known that concerns about future liability have been a significant impediment to the remediation and reuse of military installations closed through the BRAC process. Private insurance products have proven an effective tool for…

I am glad that the Space Management Organization Amendment to this year's National Defense Authorization Act has been approved. As you all know, space issues have long been a keen interest of mine, even long before I served as the…

this is a very sad time for America. The unthinkable has happened. What we always feared could happen, but prayed never would happen, has happened. I rise today to pay tribute to the men and women who lost their lives in this cowardly…

I thank Senator Gregg and Senator Hollings for their help. As Senator Gregg knows, American Tissue has closed its mills in Berlin and Gorham with only a few employees keeping the hydro plants in Gorham running. These employees are not…

I want to say what the Smith amendment does. It says: None of the funds made available in this Act may be used by the Department of Justice or the Department of State to file a motion in any court opposing a civil action against any…

The argument that our former POWs have already been compensated under the War Claims Act and 1951 peace treaty is ridiculous, to be candid about it. POWs who were enslaved by private Japanese corporations received next to nothing in…

there are many things that happen in war of which, when we look back, many of us on both sides of the aisle are not always proud. But I want to point out that sometimes things happen that must be corrected just because it is the right…

I think most of us are familiar with or have heard discussions about the Bataan Death March. That was a terrible experience for a lot of American GIs. But I think what happened after the Bataan Death March, to some of those same people…

I am pleased to send to the desk a bill that will make improvements in our current national security space management and organization. I am delighted to stand here today and state that the Department of Defense is moving forward to…

as momentum builds for the deployment of missile defense and the abandonment of the obsolete ABM Treaty, those who oppose missile defense are getting more and more desperate in their arguments. One argument that we're hearing with more…

it is, frankly, really a sad day when we have to be here on the floor of the Senate to defend the Boy Scouts of America as if they have done something wrong and they have to be defended. I have seen a lot of things since I have been in…

with the approach of Memorial Day, it is my privilege to call the attention of this body to one of the greatest, yet least known, acts of sustained heroism in the history of the United States. It occurred 50 years ago in the sixth month of…