Mr. Chairman. some of us were opposed to the Hyde bill. as originally written. the HydeBarr bill. because although we shared the goal of opposing terrorism. we shared the goal of stopping fundraising for terrorist organizations. such as Hamas or Hezbollah. in the United States. we shared the goal of expeditiously deporting aliens engaged in terrorism. we were very concerned about what we perceived and believed to be the overbroad nature of the bill that would enhance the power of the Federal Government and decrease the civil liberties of lawabiding American citizens. Many of the provisions of the Barr amendment that passed yesterday took out the provisions that concerned us. But. in my opinion. the Barr amendment went somewhat too far in that it took out the provisions that deal with terrorism. It took out the provisions that say you cannot raise funds in the United States for terrorist organizations abroad. and it took out the provision that enables the expeditious deportation of alien terrorists. The substitute that we have here today agrees with the Barr amendment in removing from the bill all the provisions that the Barr amendment removes with respect to wiretapping. enhanced power for the FBI. and so forth. But it restores the two key antiterrorist provisions. albeit with greater protections for civil liberties than in the Hyde amendment.
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