Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, the mission of the Federal Bar Association is to ``strengthen the Federal legal system and administration of justice by serving the interests and the needs of the Federal practitioner, both public and private, the Federal judiciary, and the public they serve.'' The Federal Bar Association's membership includes more than 18,000 Federal lawyers, including 1,500 Federal judges, who, as the Association states, ``work together to promote the sound administration of justice and integrity, quality, and independence of the judiciary.'' The FBA received a Federal charter in 1954. Steve Chabot has introduced H.R. 4100, the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association Charter Amendments Act. The Foundation wrote to the Judiciary Committee stating that: We wholeheartedly endorse H.R. 4100, which would provide for technical changes to the Federal charter of the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association. . . . The technical amendments embodied in H.R. 4100 will provide reasonable and necessary flexibility to the Foundation to assist in the governance and management of the Foundation's affairs. Under the legislation, the mission of the Foundation of the Federal Bar Association will remain unchanged in the promotion and support of legal research and education concerning the Federal administration of justice, the advancement of the science of jurisprudence, and the fostering of improvements in the practice of Federal law. . .…”