John Ensign: “I will yield for a question without losing my right to the floor. Mr. McCAIN. I ask my colleague, isn't it true that the…”

“I will yield for a question without losing my right to the floor. Mr. McCAIN. I ask my colleague, isn't it true that the reason this amendment is being proposed is because the Parliamentarian looked at the present language and informed the Senator and myself that it is not clear enough language that we could actually achieve the purpose of the bill that the Senator from Mississippi and the Senator from Connecticut have proposed--in other words, we are in keeping with the intent of the language in the bill, and we are trying to clarify it because the Parliamentarian said that it is not clear. All we are asking, I think, is the managers of the bill to fix it so there is no doubt that we can carry out the intent of the legislation which is before this body. That is all we are talking about. It is also true, if it is not clarified, I will tell my dear friends, you will see this amendment again. You will see it again and again. This goes to the heart of what we are trying to stop. We are trying to stop ANWR from being put into a bill that has nothing to do with it. We are trying to stop liability protection for a flu vaccine added at midnight which we have never seen before. It is an outrageous abuse of the rights of the Members of this Senate who are not members of the Appropriations Committee; is that correct?”