Political Quotes

“That is a provision that will ultimately end the seemingly endless appeals of death row inmates and get on with the carrying out of their sentences. It is something the public has wanted for a long, long time. We should be excited about the fact that it is here today, that we have a chance to finally vote on this and get it reformed, and we are going to have a series of important amendments to consider. I urge my colleagues to listen attentively to these amendments, but during the course of the several hours of debate on them, in the end we need to vote for this bill, get it on to the Senate, the other body, and let us get in this calendar year finally, after all these years, relief for the States, relief for the public, relief for the victims, and end the seemingly endless appeals of death row inmates.”