Chris Smith: “if President Clinton nominates Solicitor General Drew Days for the U.S. Supreme Court, I can guarantee you that he will…”

“if President Clinton nominates Solicitor General Drew Days for the U.S. Supreme Court, I can guarantee you that he will be in for a rough ride and some very tough scrutiny. Americans will want to know why Mr. Days--acting on behalf of President Clinton--had intervened on behalf of a convicted pedophile, a man who had been duly arrested, charged, and convicted on Federal charges of possessing child pornography. Americans will want to know why Mr. Days continues to seek a significant weakening, or gutting, of the Child Protection Act. Pat Trueman, former chief of the Justice Department's Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, has noted that ``if the Days interpretation had been in effect during the Reagan and Bush administrations, much if not most of the child pornography cases prosecuted by the Justice Department could not have been brought.'' Americans want to know why Mr. Days has turned aside the clear, unambiguous intent of Congress--recently reaffirmed in a unanimous vote in the Senate. (The House will shortly vote on this.) And 234 Members from both sides of the aisle have filed an amicus brief against the administration's indefensible position. The bottom line, Mr. Speaker, is that Americans will want to know why, why, why Mr. Days coddles and protects exploiters and abusers of children, rather than our kids.”