Comments Of Sen. Patrick Leahy, Chairman, Senate Judiciary Committee, On House Passage Of The Anti-Terrorism Bill Fri., Oct. 12, 2001 I am encouraged that the House has followed the Senate in passing an anti-terrorism bill. I regret that some of the good work done by Chairman Sensenbrenner and Congressman Conyers and the other members of the House Judiciary Committee in the bill they had unanimously reported has been disregarded by this House action. I am disappointed that the House has left out strong money-laundering provisions from the Senate bill, which the Administration has endorsed. These are important provisions and the work done by Chairman Sarbanes, Senator Gramm, the unanimous Senate Banking Committee and 96 United States Senators should not be ignored. The President has asked Congress to approve new anti-money-laundering tools, and these should be an integral component of any law enforcement package that is intended to effectively fight terrorism. The action this week by the Senate and now by the House sets the stage for a prompt House-Senate conference that can quickly resolve the differences between the bills and be enacted into law. # # # # #