Jul 22, 2002
H.R. 4558 amends the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998, which established a cultural training program for disadvantaged individuals to assist the Irish peace process. The program creates 12,000 3-year…
Jim Sensenbrenner
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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.
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Jul 16, 2002
I am really befuddled on how Members on the other side of the aisle can come up and say that this bill is inadequate on criminal penalties when the criminal penalties are double those that were passed by the other body, and that we have…
Jul 16, 2002
I am informed by staff, this is not personal knowledge, that there was a consultation; and furthermore, the majority staff on the Committee on the Judiciary consulted with the minority staff, and a few of the provisions that the minority…
Jul 16, 2002
I would tell the gentleman, it is because there is an urgency that we restore confidence in the markets that corporate wrongdoing is going to be dealt with firmly and severely, which the increased penalties in this bill do. Last week, the…
Jul 16, 2002
Mr. Speaker, Xerox, WorldCom, Global Crossing, Enron, and Tyco are among several of the U.S. elite corporations now in Wall Street's Hall of Shame. They have all apparently cooked the books and served their employees with a recipe for…
Jul 16, 2002
The answer is yes. If the gentleman will yield further, I will explain that the criminal penalties against those who retaliate against corporate whistleblowers was the addition, which was one loophole that was plugged, and the gentleman…
Jul 16, 2002
There are criminal fines in this bill that are $250,000 or double the amount of ill-gotten gain, whichever is greater.
Jul 15, 2002
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3214 would amend the Federal charter for the American Veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam to American Veterans to more accurately reflect the membership of AMVETS. AMVETS membership now includes not only veterans…
Jul 15, 2002
Mr. Speaker, just let me make it clear, this bill has nothing to do with the immigration law, lest anybody have a misimpression on this. It is legislation that changes the qualification for membership in the VFW, as well as makes it clear…
Jul 15, 2002
H.R. 3838 would amend the Federal charter of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to allow any member of the Armed Forces who received hostile fire or imminent danger pay to be a member of the VFW. The language would allow veterans from conflict…
Jul 15, 2002
Mr. Speaker, our society has become technologically dependent. Computers and related technologies have improved every aspect of our lives, our health care, our education, and our security. Unfortunately, this same technology has also…
Jul 15, 2002
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3988 would amend the Federal charter of the American Legion. Current law makes a veteran eligible to become a member of the legion if that veteran has served since ``August 2, 1990 through the date of cessation of…
Jun 27, 2002
That kind of attitude that thinks that when a judge speaks that that is the law of the land, well, it does not work that way by the Constitution. There are checks and balances in our Constitution, and what Congress does is relevant to what…
Jun 27, 2002
Mr. Speaker, yesterday, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco topped itself, not an easy accomplishment for the court of appeals with the dubious record of being most likely to be reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court. It did so…
Jun 25, 2002
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4858 extends authority for a visa-requirement waiver that permits certain foreign medical doctors to practice medicine in underserved areas without first leaving the United States. The bill also increases the number of…
Jun 25, 2002
Mr. Speaker, on April 16, 2002, the Supreme Court of the United States in the case of Ashcroft v. the Free Speech Coalition held that the current definition of child pornography as enacted by the Child Pornography Protection Act of 1996 is…
Jun 25, 2002
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4679, the Lifetime Consequences for Sex Offenders Act of 2002, amends the current law, which grants Federal courts the authority to include in any sentence a term of supervised release after imprisonment. Under this…
Jun 25, 2002
H.R. 3180 would enable participating interstate school districts to modify the manner in which local school bond issues are considered by the voters. Last year, residents of the Dresden interstate school district... voted to approve these…
Jun 12, 2002
If I have been listening to you and hearing you correctly, do you believe that the debate on this constitutional amendment tonight is a waste of time?
Jun 12, 2002
once again the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Doggett) is wrong. Had he read the amendment that is being proposed, revenue-neutral legislation which raise taxes here and lower taxes there in an equal amount do not require a two-thirds vote…
Jun 12, 2002
It proposes to amend the United States Constitution to require a two-thirds vote for tax increases, and by requiring a two-thirds vote on tax increases, there would be a requirement that there be a consensus within the Congress, and…
Jun 11, 2002
Just to get back on track, Mr. Speaker, let me say that what H.R. 2054 does is that it says that at the general election in November of this year, the residents of Wendover, Utah, and West Wendover, Nevada, will vote on a plan of merger, a…
Jun 11, 2002
Mr. Speaker, the events of September 11 have brought to life the heroism displayed by our public safety officers and those who assist them in the line of duty. This tragedy has also created many unique and unfortunate situations that have…
Jun 11, 2002
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2054 gives congressional consent for the States of Utah and Nevada to enact a compact modifying the boundary between the two States. Last November, along with the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Hansen) and the gentleman from…
Jun 11, 2002
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 2621, the Consumer Product Protection Act of 2002, would prohibit any person from knowingly stamping, printing, placing, or inserting any writing in or on any consumer product prior to its sale without the consent of the…
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