Craig Washington: “the ones that are going to sell their soul are not going to be stopped by this bill.”

Mr. Speaker, is there a cost-benefit when you have dirty water and dirty air, and our children cannot live and breathe? I think not. Mr. Speaker, this bill has enough in it already. I think Members who are going to vote for the bill on…

I was attempting to follow the logic of my dear friend from Florida very carefully about the debate that is going on on this amendment. If I understand him correctly, the kind of criminals that he is talking about are the people that say…

So yours is the moderate, watered down habeas corpus reform that gets us beyond where we are now with all the delays?

That is right. When there are good lawyers on the other side, does it not make your job a lot easier? You and I used to try cases against each other. Really when you are trying a good, hard-fought case, do you not want a good lawyer on the…