Orrin Hatch

I must add, I support the provision, which is known as the Nunn-Thurmond provision, in the Senate bill. Americans have always been suspicious of using the military in domestic law enforcement, and rightly so.

I support the vigorous and sensible enforcement of our civil rights laws and make whole relief for the victims of discrimination. I support affirmative action involving outreach and recruitment. I support training and assistance open to…

I want to pay tribute to my friend and colleague, the senior Senator from Wyoming. For some 17 years--really, 17 years plus-- Senator Simpson has taken on the difficult and often thankless task in dealing with the immigration issue, an…

In true emergency situations the President has full authority to resolve those and use the military if he wants to. The reason the President would want us to put posse comitatus language in there is because it takes him off the hook. The…

I think it is time to vote on the antiterrorism bill. I have to say that I do not think anybody denies the minority a right to bring up irrelevant amendments. But it is happening on everything. It has happened now for 2--actually better…

I will not say much here today except that I knew Ron Brown very well. I thought he was one of the finest people in this town. I knew him when he was a leader on the Judiciary Committee under Senator Kennedy, and we were friends ever…

our country stands at a crossroads in the path it travels in relations among the different races and ethnic groups that make up the American people. Down one path is the way of mutual understanding and goodwill; the way of equal…

I rise to address a subject that I have discussed several times in the past few weeks, and that is the issue of judicial selection. As I said in those speeches, differences in judicial philosophy can have real and profound consequences for…

just short of a year ago, this country was rocked by an attack on the Alfred Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City, OK. In the wake of that horrible, tragedy, this body took up antiterrorism legislation. I fought for the inclusion of…

I was dismayed to hear the comments our colleague, Senator Pryor, just made with reference to the Judiciary Committee's deliberations on the GATT/pharmaceutical patent issue. My colleague was correct in stating that I wrote him a letter in…

the February, 1996 issue of the American Legion Magazine contains a column entitled, ``We Will Continue To Stand By Our Flag,'' by Daniel A. Ludwig, national commander of the American Legion. As my colleagues know, the American Legion…

However, to be perfectly frank about it, he is just plain wrong when it comes to our bill to designate wilderness in Utah. I do not believe he has a full appreciation for the difficulty these small communities in my State have with…

Politics is supposed to involve the art of compromise. But that sensible notion seems to be lost on some members of Congress when it comes to deciding how much public land in Utah should be designated as wilderness. Consequently, unless…

much has been made about Utahns and how they feel about these issues. But my colleagues might say they do not know what Secretary Babbitt has to say about our proposal. That makes 100 of us, because, frankly, I do not know. I do not know…

I have been intrigued by the comments and remarks of my colleague from New Jersey. But I have to say that during the course of this debate, we are going to show a number of those remarks to be in error. Let me mention a couple of things…

I have taken a long time here, but, frankly, this needed to be said. I realize that many people on the other side of the issue are very sincere people. I happen to believe in the environment myself. But I also know if we do not worry about…

My friend from New Jersey, Senator Bradley, knows the difference between the BLM inventory and the study areas, which is why I really do not believe he really approved of this press release. He goes on to say that "If the bill becomes law…

yesterday morning I had the honor of addressing the National Medical Device Coalition, an association of far-thinking medical device manufacturing executives who have come to Washington to press for meaningful Food and Drug Administration…

today I am introducing the Music Licensing Reform Act of 1996: First, to clarify the ``home-style'' exemption provided by the Copyright Act for the public performance of nondramatic musical works; second, to regularize the commercial…

today I am going to offer an amendment to increase the drug czar's office. I think it is critical to this country that we start taking the matter of drug control more seriously than we have over the last number of years. So, I rise to…

Let me add in closing that this earmark would be applied against the crime control block grant. We think it is about time we do this. I also mention for the record that the chairman and ranking member of the D.C. Appropriations Committee…

I am prepared to offer an amendment to establish a fund in the U.S. Treasury to serve as a funding source for carrier compliance under the Communications for Law Enforcement Assistance Act. I understand the concern that is shared by some…

No. What we are agreeing to in the colloquy is that in the future 1997 budget and appropriations bills we try to find the money to be able to do this law enforcement work, and my colleagues have said they will work with me.

I would note that carrier compliance under the Communications for Law Enforcement Assistance Act, which we call CLEAA, does not obligate Congress to appropriate any funds in excess of the amounts authorized. I emphasize that we are losing…

look, all of us want more police on the streets. All of us will support that. On the other hand, we have provided about half of this money to go for the COPS Program, about half the money this administration represented were sufficient to…