Speech #1040187979

I want to make it clear that this is still a good bill despite the Barr amendment yesterday. which disappointed me. but the bill still is a very good bill and worthy of support. We have habeas reform. If we can defeat the NadlerConyersBerman amendment that is offered now. we have victim restitution. we have criminal alien deportation improvements. we require marking plastic explosives to allow for more effective detection. If we had that. Pan Am 103 might well never have occurred. We prohibit the possession. importation. and sale of nuclear materials. reform asylum laws to stop their manipulation by foreign terrorists. Not most importantly. but very Importantly. we authorize lawsuits by Americans against foreign nations responsible for Statesponsored activity. That is amending the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act. We provide for the expedited expulsion of illegal aliens from the United States. yes. and we protect Federal employees and Federal Government buildings because if someone is murdered. it becomes a death penalty. Now the ConyersNadlerBerman substitute is another gutting amendment. There are-