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Frank James Sensenbrenner is a former Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Wisconsin's 5th congressional district from 1979 to 2021. During his tenure, he served on several key committees, including the Judiciary Committee, where he played a significant role in shaping legislation on issues such as immigration, intellectual property, and law enforcement. Sensenbrenner was known for his strong advocacy of conservative principles and his commitment to reducing the size of government. He was also involved in various initiatives related to technology and privacy rights.
this is the wrong time, the wrong procedure, and the wrong amendment to deal with what is a very legitimate problem. If the procedure that was outlined by the gentleman from California's motion to recommit were in place at the time Justice…
I regret that I must offer this amendment to S. 878, but its passage will avoid a problem highlighted by the Congressional Budget Office and its cost estimate for the bill. Budget rules require us to stay within a 1-year and 5-year budget…
Mr. Chairman, the Pledge of Allegiance reads: ``I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stand, one Nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.'' Two words in…
on September 17, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a Constitution day address, and in that speech President Roosevelt said in part, ``Lay rank and file can take cheer from the historic fact that every effort to construe the…
Mr. Speaker, S. 1301 imposes civil and criminal penalties for intentionally capturing an image of a private area of an individual without the individual's consent and in a circumstance where the individual has a reasonable expectation of…
Mr. Speaker, the Judicial Conference has amnesia and they did not look back into the history of what happened between 1983 and 1993 when the rules that this bill proposes were in place. In 1991, the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee…
Mr. Speaker, the John Kerry for President campaign has endorsed national legislation in which ``lawyers who file frivolous cases would face tough, mandatory sanctions, including a `three strikes and you're out' provision that forbids…
Mr. Speaker, recently President Bush said, ``We must protect small business owners and workers from the explosion of frivolous lawsuits that threaten jobs across America.'' Even Senator Kerry claims to support national legislation in which…
I respect greatly the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey), but when he armed his cannon, he pointed it at the wrong target. This bill has nothing to do with assault weapons or tax breaks or oil prices or the 9/11 Commission or…
I think we should make it very clear that this bill is narrowly drawn. There is liability to the volunteer pilot for willful or criminal misconduct, gross negligence, reckless misconduct or conscious flagrant indifference to the rights and…
But to insinuate that this bill is an attack on the foundations of our government is just plain wrong. The framers of the Constitution put in Article III, Section 2 relating to the jurisdiction of the Federal courts, inferior Federal…
this motion to recommit should be defeated as the amendment was defeated, and the reason is that section 215, which this amendment proposes to defund, provides more rights to public libraries and booksellers than a grand jury subpoena…
Mr. Speaker, the only opposition to this bill appears to come from those who are opposed in principle to mandatory minimum sentences. I think that opponents of mandatory minimums would have a much more compelling case if they could assure…
Mr. Speaker, identity theft and identity fraud are terms used to refer to all types of crime in which someone wrongfully obtains and uses another person's personal data in some way that involves fraud or deception, typically for economic…
Mr. Speaker, in listening to my friends from the other side of the aisle talk in support of this very important and meritorious resolution, they seem to have forgotten that the advances of civil rights that were passed in Congress in the…
I first met Ronald Reagan over 40 years ago when I was an undergraduate student at Stanford University in California. He and I and some others were involved in a primary election campaign for a United States Senator from California which…
Mr. Speaker, today we debate whether we should amend the Constitution of the United States to allow House Members to be appointed in the wake of mass vacancies caused by a terrorist attack. After September 11, 2001, no one would deny the…
it is with both gratitude and sadness that I rise to honor the Parliamentarian of the House, Charles W. Johnson, on his upcoming retirement. Charlie has long served the House, and he has done so with distinction, integrity, and honor. He…
If one looks back at the history of the consideration of civil rights bills in the Congress, the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the Civil Rights Act of 1960, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act 1 year later, and the Fair Housing…
Mr. Speaker, what the gentlewoman from Colorado did not tell us is what is not getting media attention, and that is that doctors are closing up their practices. When the Committee on the Judiciary heard testimony on this issue, the wife of…
yes, it is time for a change, and it is time for a real change. This motion to recommit does not provide a real change, and it should be defeated. It should be defeated because it contains zero legal protections for doctors beyond current…
Mr. Speaker, the national medical insurance crisis, driven by unlimited lawsuits, is devastating our Nation's health care system to the detriment of patients everywhere. Medical professional liability insurance rates have soared, causing…
At 9:50 in the morning on September 11, 2001, I was standing in this Chamber waiting to bring up three bills that had come out of the Committee on the Judiciary. At that time the Sergeant at Arms told Speaker Hastert that another plane had…
the amendment that is offered by the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Larson) cuts directly against every argument he has made up to now. What the gentleman's amendment does is delay for another 30 days the right of the people to elect…
this is another amendment to gut the bill. All you need to do is look at the last three lines of the amendment that says ``or otherwise ensure that all eligible candidates are given sufficient time to prepare for and participate in the…
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