The Public Record
United States Senator from Mississippi
I believe we have had a good debate. I know the intent of the amendment's sponsor is an honest one, but I really think we are going down a trail we should not be. And I do not see how you can start parsing it back away from it. So I would…
I believe we are ready to go forward with amendments postcloture. We did get an agreement last night to go to the Feingold amendment. I see the Senator from Wisconsin is on the Senate floor, so I yield to him to call it up at this time…
We have had so much difficulty in getting an agreement to move forward on this legislation; we were not able to do it yesterday or this morning. I really hope that when we return from lunch, we go straight to the pending business and…
There would be a problem having the vote at this time, just out of convenience for a number of Senators on both sides who have other commitments. We would like to perhaps stack votes a little later in the afternoon. I want to collaborate…
Is the Senator from Louisiana speaking on the same issue? If you would defer, Senator Inhofe has become one of the lead cosponsors of this amendment. I think you would probably like to be heard in sequence. Then the floor would be open for…
Once again, let me thank my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, Senator Dodd for his efforts, and Senator Feingold for his cooperation in getting an agreement to move forward with the pending amendment. The pending issue is the…
We have checked on both sides of the aisle and we are, I believe, clear now to accept the Inhofe amendment. I urge that the Inhofe amendment be accepted by a voice vote.
I thank Senator Inhofe for being cooperative and bearing with us. I am glad we were able to get this amendment on the record. I voted for this before. I think Senator Pat Moynihan one time rose up in indignation and suggested an amendment…
Senator Inhofe has been so helpful and understanding. We have kind of, because of the effort to go back and forth, pushed him aside. I ask that in view of the fact that we are waiting for a Senator to arrive--I think the amendment Senator…
If I may inquire of the Senator from Connecticut, is he proposing that we go ahead and accept this on a voice vote?
The Senator is correct. He came here early on, ready to go. But there had already been discussion with Senator Santorum about being able to offer his amendment. We try to go back and forth from one side of the aisle to the other.
No. 1, we have an order of how amendments will go. On a separate track, we were debating the Reid amendment, and we were alternating back and forth, having speakers speak on the Reid amendment. That is where there seems be maybe a…