Trent Lott: “If I could just claim some leader time, perhaps, to comment further on that. First of all, I might just say that in the…”

“If I could just claim some leader time, perhaps, to comment further on that. First of all, I might just say that in the proposal we have, the Senator will have an opportunity to have a clear vote on his amendment the way he wants to do it. So the opportunity is there. I think it is only fair that we have an opportunity to have our version of that issue. As far as the time that you have been delayed, you had 2 years when you were in the majority when you did not offer a minimum wage increase. To now say you are being blocked from that, I just wonder why you did not offer it in those earlier 2 years. But having said that----”