I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add, at the end of the bill, the following: SEC. 3. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON NEW AUTHORITY OF…

My amendment preserves the trust and integrity between probation officers and supervisees while ensuring public safety. While I understand the intended goal in the underlying bill, there are some unique concerns that it raises, and my…

I ask my colleagues to support this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Let me thank the gentleman and indicate that there is no doubt we want our officers to be safe. I do want to bring to the attention of my colleagues that we don't want probation officers to be threatened or assaulted while performing their…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 229, nays 177, not voting 24, as follows: [Roll No…

To close. First of all, let me indicate the important work that all law enforcement do and, as well, those who serve in the probation departments of our State and Federal Government. In particular, we are talking about Federal probation…

I believe this amendment is a very important amendment, and I believe that it provides the kind of guidance that is necessary because it is a clear ascertaining of the impact. Remember, we are talking about possible constitutional…

And so I want to honor them, too, but I also want to show the disparities. Mr. Speaker, I want to recognize the very valuable point that Chief Justice Roberts made in the particular case of Buck v. Davis and the statistical documentation…

Justice Roberts stated for the court in reversing the lower court: ``Some toxins can be deadly in small doses.'' Likewise, in the Gregg v. Georgia case, decided after Furman, the court held that if death penalty is mandatory, such that no…

The most heinous tragedy of those who were lost in 9/11, the mourning of firefighters, first responders, and law enforcement who lost their lives, certainly there is no doubt that that was a heinous terrorist act. If those terrorists had…

Let me thank the gentleman from Michigan for his yielding and for his leadership and for the pleasure that I have in working on the Judiciary Committee. Let me thank the chairman and Members as well, particularly working on the Crime…

I thank the distinguished gentleman from Maryland and the distinguished gentlewoman from Washington. Just by coincidence, Mr. Speaker, all three of us are members of the Judiciary Committee and had a very vigorous constitutional discussion…