Speech #830117921

The distinguished Senator from Louisiana first points out the fact that the Committee on the Judiciary has $95.000 with which to conduct its business. aside from the amounts appropriated to special committees. and he suggests that some of the staff of the Committee on the Judiciary might be used by the subcommittee investigating juvenile delinquency. or that some of the funds of the Committee on the Judiciary might be made available to the subcommittee. The Committee on the Judiciary reports more bills. I believe. than perhaps all the other Senate committees combined. Probably it is true that those bills primarily are private claim bills and immigration bills. nevertheless. I think about 50 percent of the total number of bills reported to the Senate are reported by the Committee on the Judiciary. I do not mean that all the bills reported by the Committee on the Judiciary are of great importance. but they require a large amount of work on the part of the staff of the committee. which is always very busy.