Jim Sensenbrenner

I think that the scientific community has wrapped itself too tightly around the axel rod of the fatally flawed Kyoto Protocol.

the cooperation between you personally and me personally, as well as the FBI and the Committee, helped us develop I think some very useful legislation.

I am going to truly regret your term expiring in September.

Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman.

Then why did you tell Mr. Inslee one thing and the Inspector General another?

Well, I, you know, as you know, I disagree with this Administration on the job killing global warming thrust that I think has been sufficiently discredited.

What are you doing about ensuring that the EPA's policies are based on a diversity of sources for scientific input into its decisions?

There have been a lot of mistakes that have been, unfortunately, discovered, the worst of which was when the Himalayan glaciers would melt.

The gentleman's time has expired.

We cannot fight terror in this century with the tools of the last century.

If we can use this authority to track down a drug lord, why shouldn't we also use it to prevent a terrorist attack?

I have pledged in the past and I will pledge again today on this House floor that there will be hearings on a reauthorization of the expiring provisions of the Patriot Act, as well as an oversight hearing on the Patriot Act as a whole. The…

I want to say again, first of all, the Judiciary Committee under my chairmanship reported out a Patriot Act unanimously in October of 2001, and that ranged from people like Maxine Waters on the left to Bob Barr on the right. We did reform…

On none of these provisions that are up for renewal has there really been any meritorious complaint. There has been this great big fear that civil liberties have been violated, but when you get down to the facts, no court has found that…

I think it is important to plug the holes lest there be, you know, a huge tragedy.

I just heard that NextGen is going to require a lot of money, which we don't have at the present time.

Do we need to have a mid-air collision before it becomes an urgency on the part of the FAA?

Now, the underlying bill, H.R. 514, is very simple. All it does is extend the authorizations that are about ready to expire until December 8. It doesn't add to the Patriot Act and the Terrorism Prevention Act. It does not subtract from it…

I want to give my friend from California and other Members a little history lesson. When the Patriot Act was drafted in 2001, I insisted on the sunset and the then-Republican-controlled House prevailed on that issue against the…

Well, I believe in deadlines, and excuses are going to have to be valid if there is to be an extension considered.

I am concerned that the type of regulation approved by the Federal Communications Commission ends up picking winners and losers.

Mr. Speaker, last week, 122 Democrats rejected legislation to temporarily extend the three expiring Patriot Act provisions, including 36 who supported a 1-year extension last year. These votes are nothing but the minority party playing…

First of all, the argument that has been advanced by my colleague from Colorado just doesn't mesh with the facts, and maybe I can give him a little bit of historical background. First of all, I was the chairman of the full Judiciary…

The Patriot Act has been the law for over 9 years, and not one of those 17 sections has been declared unconstitutional by any court in the United States. The argument that has been advanced by the gentleman from Ohio is just plain wrong…

I plan on doing, with this reauthorization of the Patriot Act, the same thing I did with the 2005 reauthorization of the Patriot Act. Examine every one of the expiring provisions, let everybody speak their piece, and let the House of…