Political Quotes

“today we consider three bipartisan measures offered together as a package: the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act, H.R. 46; the Computer Crime Enforcement Act, which I introduced as S. 1314, on July 1, 1999, with Senator DeWine and is now also co- sponsored by Senators Robb, Hatch and Abraham; and a Hatch-Leahy- Schumer ``Internet Security Act'' amendment. I thank my colleagues for their hard work on these pieces of legislation, each of which I will discuss in turn. I support the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act. I cosponsored the Stevens bill, S. 39, to establish a Public Safety Medal of Valor. In April and May, 1999, I made sure that the Senate acted on Senator Stevens' bill, S. 39. On April 22, 1999, the Senate Judiciary Committee took up that measure in regular order and reported it unanimously. At that time I congratulated Senator Stevens and thanked him for his leadership. I noted that we had worked together on a number of law enforcement matters and that the senior Senator from Alaska is a stalwart supporter of the men and women who put themselves at risk to protect us all. I said that I looked forward to enactment of this measure and to seeing the extraordinary heroism of our police, firefighters and correctional officers recognized with the Medal of Valor. On May 18, 1999, I was privileged to be on the floor of the Senate when we proceeded to consider S. 39 and passed it unanimously.…”