in an april 2002 speech at the fordham university school of law, mr. koh advocated a u.n.-governed regime to force the united states -- and i'm quoting now -- to submit information about their small arms production. he believes that the united states should -- and i quote again - -- "establish a national firearms control system and a register of manufacturers, traders, importers and exporters of guns" to comply with international obligations. this would allow u.n. members such as cuba and venezuela and north korea and iran to have a say in what type of gun regulations are imposed on american citizens. as dean of the yale law school, mr. koh was a leader in another effort that i think is troublesome. it was an effort to deprive students of the freedom to listen to military recruiters who wanted to explain on campus the benefits of a career in our military services. we all, every one of us in this body, frequently express our gratitude to the people in the united states military services who protect us, who put themselves in danger in order to protect the very freedoms we're

in 2002 koh spoke at fordham university law school on a world drowning in guns, gives you an indication of where he's coming from. his speech was published in the fordham law review. his topic was the international arms trade but as usual his analysis had serious domestic implications. koh wrote american legal scholars should pursue the analysis and development of legal and policy arguments regarding international gun controls through constitutional research on the second amendment. in other words, koh believes that the best way to regulate guns in america is through international law, through a global gun control regime. as legal advisor, koh would be in a position to pass judgment on whether a proposed treaty would raise legal issues for the united states, including issues related to the second amendment. he would, therefore, be able to endorse treaties that can be used by the courts to restrict the individual right to keep and bear arms, an idea that he is clearly and openly in favor of. it is simply not true to say that his beliefs about gun control, as some people say, or the secon

in a speech called "a world drawing in guns," which was given at fordham university law school in 2002 and later published in their law review, he explains why he believes there should be a global gun control regime and admits that -- and i quote -- "we are a long way from persuading government to accept a flat ban on the trade of legal arms." he concludes his speech with this statement: "when i left the government several years ago, my major feeling was of too much work left undone. i wrote for myself a list of issues on which i needed to do more. one of those issues was the global regulation of small arm arms." mr. president, given again that mr. koh will be the top legal advisor at the state department on both domestic and international issues, i have concerns because of statements like these that he could place his own personal agenda ahead of the needs of our country and the u.s. constitution. and so we're going to have an opportunity probably still fo for -- we've had the cloture vote on this nomination, but i wanted to express for the record, mr. president, my concerns about thi