Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 8124) to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for transportation and subsistence for criminal justice defendants, and for other purposes, as amended. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The text of the bill is as follows: H.R. 8124 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Criminal Judicial Administration Act of 2020''. SEC. 2. TRANSPORTATION AND SUBSISTENCE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT DEFENDANTS. Section 4285 of title 18, United States Code, is amended in the first sentence-- (1) by striking ``when the interests of justice would be served thereby and the United States judge or magistrate judge is satisfied, after appropriate inquiry, that the defendant is financially unable to provide the necessary transportation to appear before the required court on his own'' and inserting ``when the United States judge or magistrate judge is satisfied that the defendant is indigent based on appointment of counsel pursuant to section 3006A, or, after appropriate inquiry, that the defendant is financially unable to provide necessary transportation on his own''; and (2) by striking ``to the place where his appearance is required,'' and inserting ``(1) to the place where each appearance is required and (2) to return to the place of the person's arrest or bona fide residence,''; (3) by striking ``t…”