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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 believe that Internet gambling should be eliminated; but to have a carve-out for horses and dogs and lotteries and jai lai, and Lord knows what else, means that people will be able to use the Internet and use their credit cards to place…
I rise in support of H.R. 361. This legislation, which is known as the SPARTA Act, is important for the sports industry, which in recent years has become ever more just so that, an industry. The thrill of pure athletic accomplishment has…
Mr. Speaker, as I have watched the debate, and it has been a good debate, what I have heard from the proponents of the substitute are two factors. One is that this is unconstitutional, theirs is constitutional, and they have made a…
Mr. Speaker, this substitute is identical to H.R. 809, and that bill is a phony ban which would grant a giant loophole that allows abortionists to perform partial-birth and third-trimester abortions at will. The substitute, which would…
I will be the first to concede that the Supreme Court does not have to accept congressional findings, nor does the Supreme Court have to accept findings that have been made by lower courts either that reach their own conclusions; but there…
Mr. Speaker, we have heard from the people who oppose this legislation that it infringes on Roe v. Wade. Roe v. Wade very clearly gives Congress and the several States the right to prohibit abortions on viable babies. There is one State in…
the example the gentlewoman from Connecticut (Mrs. Johnson) gave would have fallen under the exception that is contained in H.R. 760. The subsection which is the ban does not apply to a partial-birth abortion that is necessary to save the…
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 760, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003, would prohibit the gruesome and inhumane procedure of partial-birth abortion that, unfortunately, we are all too familiar with. An abortionist who violates this ban would…
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 1954 is a bill that has almost universal support in this House because it is a compromise. The reason this bill is so strongly supported is twofold. One is that there is a demonstrated need to provide a naturalization…
Mr. Speaker, since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the news that 10 members of our Armed Forces who died in combat were not U.S. citizens, several bills have been introduced to either ease the naturalization requirements of…
H.J. Res. 4 is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that would simply return to Congress the authority that it possessed for over 200 years to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. H.J. Res…
I am getting a little sick of hearing that this is an assault on the first amendment. We are using constitutional processes to overturn a Supreme Court decision that made no sense. Now, last year a lot of my colleagues, not me, voted for a…
Mr. Speaker, this proposed constitutional amendment does not restrict anybody from saying whatever they want to say about the flag, about the government, about their opinions of any public official, of any candidate for office, of the…
reclaiming my time, what it does do is, in order to prevent flag desecration, it requires the Supreme Court of the United States to admit it made a mistake and expressly overrule both the Johnson and Eichman decisions. The Supreme Court of…
Mr. Speaker, this debate here and now is not on the appropriation for the Department of Veterans Affairs; it is on whether or not the Congress can pass the constitutional amendment reversing two Supreme Court decisions and prohibiting the…
Mr. Speaker, this vote is going to be the end of a long period where the provisions of this legislation were carefully considered in the Committee on the Judiciary in the House and in the other body. The compromise that was reached by the…
Mr. Chairman, logic and fairness dictate that manufacturers and sellers should not be held responsible for the unlawful use of their lawful products. H.R. 1036 will stop ludicrous lawsuits against the manufacturer or seller of firearms for…
I also believe that this is a very constructive amendment, and I commend the gentleman from Puerto Rico for offering it; and I hope that it is adopted. Let me say that one of the first things I did when I came to Congress was I helped pass…
Mr. Chairman, sexual predators target America's children every day in large cities, small towns, and even in cyberspace. Sexual exploitation of children, a prime motive for kidnapping, is on the rise. When it comes to abduction, rape, and…
This is also a very good amendment. It broadens the tools that law enforcement can use to track down missing children through better forensic investigation.
I support this amendment as an important step to stop the exploitation of our children. This amendment is directly connected to the abduction of children, since children are abducted and sold into the sex industry for both pornography and…
Mr. Chairman, today is a victory for those Americans who work hard, pay their bills, but are forced to shoulder the debts of those who abuse our bankruptcy system. H.R. 975 restores personal responsibility and integrity to our bankruptcy…
Mr. Chairman, if this bill is voted down, we also will have opened up our hearts to corporate crooks who build multimillion dollar mansions on the water in nice places in Florida because the unlimited homestead exemption that is in the…
Mr. Speaker, our Nation is facing a health care crisis driven by uncontrolled litigation. Medical professional liability insurance rates have soared, causing major insurers to either drop coverage or to raise premiums to unaffordable…
I have been listening intently to this debate. Many of my friends on the other side of the aisle apparently have not been listening at all to the debate, and I just want to rebut a couple of their points. First, they say this will not…
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