Establishing a Pilot Program in Certain District Courts

ESTABLISHING A PILOT PROGRAM IN CERTAIN DISTRICT COURTS -- (House of Representatives - September 28, 2006)

BREAK IN TRANSCRIPT

Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, I will be brief, not because this is not a great piece of legislation. I am very proud of the work we have done on a bipartisan basis in our committee, but because the fact is, this is a piece of legislation whose time has come.

This bill was voted unanimously out of the Judiciary Subcommittee and brought to the floor on suspension because in fact all of the details necessary to make a good piece of legislation were worked out with the community that will need it, use it, and benefit from it.

That includes members of the Federal bench, the AO, the Administrative Office of the judicial branch. It also includes both branches here in the Capitol and members from the administration. I believe this is an example of bipartisan work at its finest.

I thank my coauthor on this, Mr. Schiff, for working tirelessly on this, and for his good words. I would particularly like to thank the chairman, Mr. Sensenbrenner, and Mr. Conyers for taking the work we did in subcommittee as sufficient and bringing it quickly to the floor.

Last but not least, I very much want to thank the staff of the subcommittee and the chairman and ranking member of the subcommittee, who encouraged us all along the way, held the necessary hearings, and have told us to do this and then do more.

Mr. SCHIFF. Mr. Speaker, I want to acknowledge the superb work done by my colleague, who really was the driving force behind this legislation.

http://thomas.loc.gov/