Jim Sensenbrenner

I yield myself 1 minute. We have heard an awful lot about the impact on insurance premiums, and I just want to read from the CBO estimate, the cost of this bill. The CBO estimates that under this bill premiums for medical malpractice…

As I recall, when Moses came down from the mountain, he had 10 commandments with him. One of them said thou shalt not murder and the other said thou shalt not steal, and I do not think anybody in their right mind would say that criminal…

I would like to quote from Dr. John Gerhart, who is on the other side of this issue, he comes from Johns Hopkins University, at a press conference that was held yesterday by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Greenwood) and the…

during this general debate we have heard from the opponents of this legislation that scientific research would come to a screeching halt if a ban on cloning of human embryos is enacted. There would be no more stem cell research, there…

Mr. Chairman, the debate on whether or not human embryos should be cloned is one that goes across religious lines, it goes across philosophical lines, and it goes across political lines; and I certainly can respect those who come down on…

Mr. Speaker, our Nation suffered a tragic loss on Saturday, when seven astronauts were killed in the shuttle Columbia's demise. We will long mourn that sad day and pray for the families of the astronauts. These men and women are true…

On October 7, 2002, the House passed H.R. 5469, the ``Small Webcaster Amendments Act of 2002,'' under suspension of the Rules. Earlier this evening, the Senate passed a substitute version of the bill, which I urge the House to adopt by…

Mr. Speaker, the Immigration and Nationality Act permits foreign students to study in the United States on nonimmigrant student visas. Aliens must be full-time students to be eligible for F visas, which is academic or language studies, or…

Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2155 helps prevent drunk driving at and around our borders. The bill authorizes INS inspectors at the border to take drunk or drugged drivers into custody based on their impaired state. Currently, border inspectors do not…

In the 106th Congress, the Bring Them Home Alive Act was enacted as Public Law 106-484. This law, sponsored by Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell and the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Hefley), offers refugee status to any national of Vietnam…

I was the principal Republican author of the Brady Act, which was signed into law in 1994. While much of the debate on the Brady Act was on the 5-day waiting period that was contained in there, the lasting good of the Brady Act was the…

Mr. Speaker, the 1995 Digital Performance Right and Sound Recording Act that created a performance right in sound recordings for digital transmissions did not specifically address the issue of webcasting or Internet radio broadcasts. As a…

Mr. Speaker, Senate 2690 would amend section 4 of title 4 of the U.S. Code to reaffirm the text of the Pledge of Allegiance, including the phrase, ``one Nation under God,'' and section 302 of title 36 to reaffirm the text of the national…

Mr. Speaker, children today are more at risk than ever to falling prey to sexual predators. Sexual exploitation of children, a prime motive for kidnapping, is on the rise. When it comes to abduction, rape and murder of children, the United…

Mr. Speaker, this bill is necessary for the proper functioning of the Federal court system. The legislation addresses various judicial process matters, as well as personnel and compensation issues. I will briefly mention a few of the major…

Mr. Speaker, we would not be here today talking about Chapter 12 or the whole issue of bankruptcy reform had not former President Clinton pocket-vetoed the bankruptcy reform bill introduced by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Gekas) in…

This bill reenacts and extends Chapter 12 of the Bankruptcy Code--a specialized form of bankruptcy relief for family farmers--for a period of six months, from January 1, 2003 until July 1, 2003. This extension is necessary in light of the…

Mr. Speaker, a national insurance crisis is ruining the Nation's essential health care system. Medical professional liability insurance rates have soared, causing many insurers to either drop coverage or raise premiums to unaffordable…

I yield myself 2 minutes. The gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Markey) thunders away about the Republican solution to the problem of escalating medical liability insurance premiums. He is entitled to his opinion. But the Democrats have no…

this is a very craftily drafted motion. The effect of its adoption will be to increase health care costs and further restrict availability of health care to people all around the country. First, it will increase health care costs in that…

9 days ago on this floor I stated we must crack down on the corporate criminals and rebuild America's confidence in our markets. I said the best way to do that is to punish the corporate wrongdoers and to punish them harshly. I am pleased…

Mr. Speaker, this bill, the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2002, would prohibit the gruesome procedure of partial-birth abortion that unfortunately we are now all too familiar with. An abortionist who violates this ban will be subject…

I am really sorry that the gentlewoman from Texas and the gentleman from American Samoa have brought extraneous issues into the debate on whether or not we should give honorary citizenship to the Marquis de Lafayette. This is really…

Senate Joint Resolution 13 confers honorary U.S. citizenship on the Marquis de Lafayette in recognition of his many contributions to and sacrifices for the cause of American independence and his lifelong crusade for the principles of…

H.R. 3892 constitutes a noncontroversial fine-tuning of an existing statute, the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980, which permits individuals to file complaints against Federal judges for inappropriate behavior. The legislation…