Mr. Chairman, the substitute amendment I am offering will not change the crack cocaine penalties. The substitute will require the U.S. Sentencing Commission to provide a comprehensive report by the end of this year on all cocaine…

I support the packaging of these 6 en bloc amendments, but I must say that I do have some difficulties with No. 48, the Pryce amendment. As presently structured, I think it is overly broad, and I think it could be counterproductive. It is…

Mr. Chairman, first of all, I think Members should understand that Hyde has basically returned us to existing law, which is a mess. I mean, if anything, habeas corpus has been substantially abused in this country, and I think most Members…

How can anybody be opposed to developing a comprehensive plan to manage precious Federal resources or State resources? I do not know how my colleague, who is a dear friend of mine, from New Mexico can argue that there is something…

I rise in opposition to the latest version of McCollum, and I think the latest version of McCollum is worse than the first version of McCollum, and I will tell my colleagues why. Mr. Chairman, under the McCollum amendment States would not…

I congratulate the gentleman. I support his amendment. It puts $10.5 billion in for prison grant programs for the States. The gentleman has done a good job of working with the Governors and corrections officials around the country. It is…

I do not think the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Gekas], my friend, understands his own amendment. He eliminates life imprisonment without parole where the death penalty is involved.

I do not have the time--under six of the aggravating factors. The gentleman from Pennsylvania would have us, under his amendment, basically consider the elements of the offense which, I think, is going to open up the constitutional attack…

Second, the gentleman has misread the bill. A rape, a heinous rape or serious physical abuse, is an aggravating factor under the bill as written.

It is not an element of the offense. The gentleman misunderstands what an element of the offense is. That is not an element of the offense. I say to my colleague from Pennsylvania, ``I tried capital cases. The gentleman is trying to tell…

When the Supreme Court invalidated all death penalties more than 20 years ago, it did so because of the uncertainty in the law and practice at that time. The Court found that it was not possible to find any rational pattern or set of rules…