Jack Brooks

we have now reached the end of the day on the issue before us. The general debate time has allowed every possible argument to be aired by the proponents who seem to have no qualms whatsoever about taking a simplistic approach to a very…

I rise in opposition to H.R. 4296, the so-called Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act. It is time we set the record straight and after doing so, vote down this misguided effort. If ever the name of a bill was…

The Conference Committee on S. 636 reported back to us a product that merges the Senate and the House-passed bills in a very careful, balanced fashion. Thus, the Senate's protections against interfering with the exercise of religious…

Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the conference report on the freedom of access to clinic entrances bill. A nationwide campaign of anti-abortion, violence, vandalism and blockades is curtailing the availability of abortion services…

I rise in full support of the revised amendment by the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Hughes], a distinguished former prosecutor and a very thoughtful subcommittee Chair on the Judiciary Committee. First, let me make clear that this…

This motion makes the sixth time that the other side of the aisle has seen fit to try and derail through procedural tactics the toughest, most carefully structured crime bill to come out of the House in 20 years. The effort to stall…

I applaud the apparent goal of the gentleman from New Jersey to insure that Federal prisoners do attain a high school education. We all agree on that. But I want to review the facts. Since 1981, all Federal prisoners who do not have a high…

I oppose this amendment. I think it is well intended, but the fact is it is an intrusion into the States, which normally do all the regulating of security guards. It is overly broad in its definition of what a security officer is. As I…

Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment offered by the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Smith]. No crimes are more abhorrent than crimes involving child sexual abuse. Even the thought of such abuse of a child is repellent to every…

this is the fourth attempt by the other side of the aisle to offer a motion to strike after the enacting clauses--all in an attempt to delay the progress of the crime bill. It takes about 25 minutes each time, 10 minutes for debate, 15…

I must rise in opposition to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Ohio. While this amendment is apparently well-intentioned--and I support the goal of the gentleman--his amendment's potential effect on domestic commerce could be…

Mr. Chairman, in the interest of moving this legislation toward completion, I am at this time offering a second en block amendment consisting of six provisions made in order under the rule. They are the Beilenson-Berman-Condit-Thurman…

It has been my position from the time the proviso was at the committee--at the Rules Committee--and it will be my position in the conference, that the Racial Justice Act should be prospective only in application.

Mr. Chairman, the amendment I am offering to the crime bill will establish a Police Corps program to provide college students with aid for education in return for serving 4 years with a State or local law enforcement agency. This amendment…

Mr. Chairman, while I appreciate the gentleman's effort to provide a comprehensive solution to the problems of private security guards whose qualifications may be suspect, I have a number of concerns which lead me to oppose the amendment…

this is a hodgepodge of immigration provisions, some of which have some merit. But they should all be considered in the deliberative process of the Committee on the Judiciary. Everybody knows that. But some other provisions are downright…

in the final analysis, this amendment does not change the status quo. Leaving the status quo in place would allow a steady stream of postconviction habeas appeals to any number of courts. It also leaves intact perhaps the greatest problem…

this is another amendment to try and kill the entire bill, a delaying tactic that I find really a little tiresome, when the bill includes the Title XIII the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Act, Title V, the proposed three-time…

I rise in strong opposition to the amendment offered by my friend, the gentleman from Florida [Mr. McCollum], and in strong support of the substitute offered by the gentleman from New Jersey [Mr. Hughes], the distinguished chairman of the…

I rise in opposition to this amendment offered by the gentleman from New Mexico. I think the committee-reported bill has treated the State assurance issue very well in developing a tough yet workable program to create more prison space…

Mr. Chairman, I want to express my opposition to this amendment. I share the view of many that changes are needed in our system to reduce the passage of time between conviction of heinous murders and their execution. Endless hearings and…

I believe a number are noncontroversial and can be dealt with rather quickly. Because I think that this body should be given the chance to vote on them, I am now offering these amendments as an en bloc amendment. My action is in no way…

Mr. Chairman, I believe the procedures we have in the bill before us are appropriate, workable procedures for carrying out the death penalty. For those who believe that capital punishment has a place in our criminal justice system--and I…

We do not need any more amendments, Mr. Chairman. There are enough amendments now available on this bill, and I am trying to edit this to where it makes sense, to where it would be unbelievable that they would want to have any more.