Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, I yield myself the balance of my time. I just want to restate the points that were made. I think Mr. Nadler and I both made the arguments that need to be made. This does go outside the Constitution. It is unnecessary. And it, again, further ties the hands of the President and the Department of Justice to adequately deal with the very real threat that we face from terrorism. It would tie that process up even worse. And I wish we would defeat this amendment and give the President and the Department of Justice the authority it needs to try people appropriately, convict them, and put them away and take the terrorists off the battlefield. I oppose this amendment. I urge the body to do so as well. I yield back the balance of my time.”