This is a big government bill. It creates a new federal agency that provides for more regulation and is not self-financing, |
Those people who are against this bill don't want any changes in the existing system except perhaps amnesty, or, excuse me, 'earned legalization,' or perhaps citizenship for those who have broken the law. |
To justify the president's criminal behavior by demonizing those who seek to hold him accountable ignores the fact that President Clinton's actions and those actions alone precipitated the investigations which have brought us here today, |
to justify why the 1976 regulations on domestic spying, that have worked so well for the last 25 or 26 years, have to be changed. |
We are here today because President William Jefferson Clinton decided to put himself above the law, not once, not twice, but repeatedly, |
We cannot leave an investigation of this matter to a behind-closed-doors review by the intelligence community and intelligence committees. |
We have to be forward-looking in how we explore space, |
We want to make sure that the FBI, that hasn't had a good track record lately, doesn't go to the other side of the line. |
We're doing this to stop the next terrorists and to take necessary steps to protect the American people, |
What I learned today is the type of people who are coming across the border have changed. Now, a lot of the people coming across the border are criminals, and potentially terrorists — people who have a mind to commit crimes against Americans and maybe to blow us all up and kill us. |
What we end up passing will probably be a blend of several proposals, |
When a person's intentions regarding whether to receive lifesaving treatment are unclear, the responsibility of a compassionate nation is to affirm that person's right to life, ... In our public actions, we must build a culture of life that welcomes and defends all human life. |
While the people of New Orleans and other affected areas clearly need help, I am not convinced that this legislation will provide it, |
Why sunset legislation where there's been no actual record of abuse and vigorous oversight? |
You would think that Halloween is tomorrow because of their attempt to scare the American public. |