Pete Sessions

There is a great deal to be said for that. I know the Senator has that letter from the Secretary of Defense in 1998. It does conclude by saying: Tax or other incentives for employers might help to ameliorate some of their problems. Any…

I do not understand the bill to limit whom the State may vest with the authority to appoint the members of the capital-counsel entity. The entity's members could be appointed by the governor, the attorney general, the Supreme Court, or any…

But there is no requirement of such apportionment, is there? If a State chooses to design its capital counsel entity so that, for example, it is composed exclusively of trusted members of the bench, the State could do so, could it not?

Today, I rise to offer my legislation, Prevention of Terrorist Access to Destructive Weapons Act, an amendment to H.R. 10. This amendment will aid the hard-working Federal investigators and agents on the front line in the war on terror by…

The Ninth Circuit represents some 56 million people, roughly one-fifth of this Nation's population. And this is 25 million more people than the next largest circuit. We do believe that addressing this problem by breaking up and adding more…

Would the distinguished managers of the bill, for whom I have so much respect, care to comment on the question that Acting Director McLaughlin posed at our hearing when he said one thing we had to be clear about was who would be…

The chairman is correct. For the people following this debate, they need to know that the CIA has operations in virtually every country in the world and it is from those agents that much of our intelligence comes. It comes through the CIA…

He made clear one point. I mentioned it earlier. He said that in any reorganization, it needs to be clear where the responsibility and accountability lies. He asked the question, who will brief the President, and, in fact, who will be held…

I think that there are many people in the United States that simply do not like the Pledge of Allegiance and would wish and choose to change that. [...] they understand that the United States of America is not perfect, and there may be…

Mr. Speaker, we have had a very eloquent opportunity to hear from the gentleman from Florida as he spoke about his desire not to support this legislation. We should also remember that there are many judges around this country who have the…

I remember when I was a U.S. attorney in Alabama, I got a call from an educator who was looking at their school textbook and discovered it asked a question about amending the Constitution. The first section stated that you amend it…

Well, with regard to Madison, that father of the Constitution and a man I admire, he set up coequal branches and he expected each one to be a check and a balance on the other. Would not the Senator expect that Madison would have expected…

Is it not true, based on his experience, that even the House and the Senate defend amongst themselves their prerogatives and do not the House and the Senate defend their own power against the executive and does not the executive branch…

I do not want to demean or speak down about any relationship or any persons and the choices they make. But let's say this. Statistically speaking, do fathers and mothers both make different contributions to the health and development of a…

Isn't there evidence, based on the data we have heard and seen, that there is a rational, foundational basis for a government to affirm the traditional marriage as opposed to other relationships in society?

Dr. Wade Horn, from the Department of Health and Human Services, who testified before my committee, says that any welfare reform we pass must help strengthen marriage because without marriage, poverty is increased.

No, I think the Senator made a very critical point, and that is there is no room to suggest that those of us who read the Supreme Court opinion of the United States, who watch what is happening in Massachusetts, who have seen what is…

If the Supreme Court found, as they indicated that they may in the case of Lawrence v. Texas, that marriage under the Due Process or Equal Protection clauses of the Constitution has to include same-sex marriages rather than just the…

If California passed it with 90 percent of the vote, or 60 percent, as I believe they did pass a statute by ballot initiative, no matter what the people voted, it would be trumped and wiped out by the ruling.

I believe it would cover at least a good bit of the United States against a Middle Eastern threat, and it could be effective against other threats. But, obviously, the main threat at this point--the ultimate goal is to provide a system…

For some reason, the media or whatever, created an image--and some of the speeches on this floor nurtured that image--that President Bush created this economic slowdown that occurred. But as I remember, and I ask the Senator is it not…

I was going to suggest for the lobbyists, it is time to bring that to an end. As some wise person told me in Alabama, they exist to blame the politicians if they close the base, and to claim credit if it is not closed.

Mr. Speaker, we began this debate today by talking about doing the things the Republican Party has as an idea and a vision, about making businesses more efficient and effective and working closer on the things that will encourage not only…

I believe people who are injured ought to be compensated. It was discovered that manufacturers of asbestos knew at some point before they told people who were working on it that it was dangerous. And they should have told them it was…

Has not the question of fault always been the cornerstone of American law with regard to lawsuits and negligence and liability, that somebody has to be at fault, have done something beyond the standard of care to cause a damage? That is…