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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.
I rise to pay tribute to His Holiness, Pope John Paul II, who in October marked his 25th year as bishop of Rome and Supreme Pastor of the Catholic Church. I also wish to offer my sincere appreciation to all my friends and colleagues in the…
with that understanding, I am happy to support the amendment. I believe it makes a significant improvement to the bill.
Mr. Chairman, Federal Prison Industries, or FPI for short, was first authorized in the 1930s to require Federal agencies to buy goods made by inmates in Federal prisons. The purpose of FPI was to ensure work and training for prison inmates…
Mr. Chairman, yes, the enemy is China but we have no moral high ground to complain about China flooding the American market with goods made from slave labor in China if we do not reform Prison Industries because they are doing the same…
let me say that I support her amendment because what her amendment does is it applies the DOD contracting rights that were passed in last year's defense authorization bill to procurement by the other Federal agencies that would be covered…
Mr. Speaker, by way of background, Congress enacted the Executive Salary Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act in 1975 which was intended to give judges, Members of Congress and high-ranking executive branch officials automatic COLAs accorded…
Mr. Speaker, news stories extolling the successful use of DNA to solve crimes abound. Consider the following: in 1999, New York authorities linked a man through DNA evidence to at least 22 sexual assaults and robberies that had terrorized…
Mr. Speaker, in the last few years, we have had to make a lot of adjustments in security for our Nation's airports, government buildings, and ports. We have recognized that this heightened security is necessary to protect the United States…
Mr. Speaker, the two gentlemen from Arizona and their arguments in opposition to the bill, I think, are really misdirected. The gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Flake) said that the system of federalism in terms of State public defenders is…
I think we ought to put this legislation into its proper perspective. First, yes, this bill expands the pilot program voluntarily to the 44 States where employers cannot get this information. But it is a voluntary program, and only those…
H.J. Res. 63 amends the Compacts of Free Association between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands. The Compacts, agreed to in the 1980s, provide that the United States will support the new…
Halloween is coming up, and I am afraid that the argument used by the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Hinojosa) is designed to scare people into doing something that this bill does not do. First of all, the bill creates no new databases. The…
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1303 amends the E-Government Act to require the Judicial Conference of the United States to promulgate national rules to address privacy and security concerns relating to the electronic filing of court documents and the…
As someone who represents a district with a large Arab American population, I can tell my colleagues that they contribute mightily to our community in so many different ways. My grandparents came to Peoria, Illinois, in 1895 from a region…
Mr. Speaker, introduced by the gentleman from California (Mr. Issa), House Resolution 234 condemns bigotry and violence against individuals of Arab, Muslim, South Asian and Sikh-Americans dissent. It was introduced in response to concerns…
But its limitations are beside the point. Because like the children it protects, Mr. Speaker, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act may be small, but not insignificant. Make no mistake about it: our action today represents a big pivot in…
However, I will say that this bill extends an immigrant visa program for religious workers that is set to expire. The current visa program allows American religious denominations to sponsor and bring in religious workers from overseas for…
This bill adds the National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day to the list of days upon which the American flag should especially be displayed. Currently, title 4 of the U.S. Code provides that the flag should be displayed on all days, but…
both the U.S.-Chile and U.S.- Singapore Free Trade Agreements include several important provisions within the purview of the Judiciary Committee. Both agreements contain competition clauses that ensure antitrust laws are applied in a…
Mr. Speaker, both the U.S.-Chile and U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreements contain several important provisions within the purview of the Committee on the Judiciary. Both agreements contain competition clauses that ensure antitrust laws are…
I wish the Democrats would get their facts straight before they come to the floor. First, any entity, individual or corporate, that is in bankruptcy is in Federal court and all claims go there: Enron, WorldCom, anybody else that is in…
Mr. Chairman, this country has a crisis in manufacturing. Particularly, small- and medium-sized manufacturing jobs are going overseas by the droves, particularly to China, and there are a whole lot of reasons for that; but one of the…
This bipartisan amendment is intended to mirror the amendment offered by Senator Feinstein over in the other body. It is in keeping with the spirit and intent of the bill and would slightly broaden the category of class action cases that…
Mr. Chairman, once again the opponents of this bill are wrong. The gentlewoman from California (Ms. Waters) is talking about Enron and WorldCom cases being removed to Federal court. They already are there. Both of these corporations have…
I support this resolution as a way to further increase awareness of sexual assault and recognize the important contributions of victims in various groups that combat sexual assault. The police, forensic workers, and prosecutors should be…
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