Jack Brooks: “The Attorney General said very clearly, and she uses English, American, you know, in her letters, said, `No such…”

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…

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…

This section is included in the Hyde amendment substitute, and I would hope that we could resolve it in that overall context and not in a long, separate vote in contention here on the floor. We have got three or four, at least, additional…

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…