Trent Lott: “In conclusion, while we seek Utopia in dealing with these appropriations bills, the promised land of how we can work…”

“In conclusion, while we seek Utopia in dealing with these appropriations bills, the promised land of how we can work together to do the people's business, which we are not doing right now, at least in the case of this bill, I believe we will have broad bipartisan support for the China PNTR bill. I might add, there is going to be some bipartisan opposition, too. So as we get into the substance of this--which I would rather be getting into rather than having to once again file cloture on a motion to proceed--I think we will have a good debate. I think it is going to serve the Senate well. I think it will serve the American people well. I believe when we do finally get to a vote, it will pass--and probably should. But there are a lot of serious questions still involved in how we are going to deal with China. So I look forward to this discussion.”