Trent Lott: “I do not want us to have only those speaking who are opposed to the amendment. I know the sponsor, Senator Sununu, is…”

“I do not want us to have only those speaking who are opposed to the amendment. I know the sponsor, Senator Sununu, is here and will probably want to speak momentarily in support of his amendment. Let me say, to his credit, unlike some of our colleagues, he has been involved in this issue for years. As a member of the Commerce Committee, and when we were trying to get it up for consideration last year, he did not just try to block it from coming to the floor, he had some amendments, and we agreed those amendments should be considered. That is the way to do this. One of the things I said last night, and I want to expand on a little bit, is this bill may not be perfect, that we can perhaps have more improvements. But here is a case where the people I hear from say this is not a good bill because it does not do enough--not that they are opposed to most of what is in it, or what is in it; they just want to do more. But then you say: 'All right, what do you want?' and they go silent. So I think it is a major step in the right direction. If we can find more things that would improve the service, more reforms that would be helpful, I think we ought to consider that.”