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…

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…

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…

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.

it is with some regret that I rise to oppose the legislation now being considered by the House. I realize the good intentions and the motivations that lie beyond trying to craft a legislative solution to the perceived problem surrounding…

I am pleased to appear today on behalf of the Committee on the Judiciary to begin general debate on H.R. 4092, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. The legislation is the result of perhaps the most extensive review of…

I would like to say just briefly that I was here when the gentleman from Kentucky [Mr. Natcher] came, when he was sworn in, and he has been a gracious and distinguished Member since that very day, been courteous to everybody, fair to…

to my friend I would say that he recalls the difficulties. The testimony reflected in the hearings was that in some areas, where there is controversy about this issue, sometimes the officials in that area were not as industrious as they…

She makes all the judgments at this point, if you combine the adjudication with the administration, and we do not want to do that.

The Attorney General said very clearly, and she uses English, American, you know, in her letters, said, `No such inherent conflict of interest exists in the investigation of Members of Congress.' In other words, you investigate the Members…