William Pryor: “I want to pause for 1 minute and thank all of the cosponsors on this legislation. There was a committee bill and the…”

“I want to pause for 1 minute and thank all of the cosponsors on this legislation. There was a committee bill and the bill that passed the floor a few moments ago. I thank everybody who helped work on this, even those who voted against it. Many of them offered very constructive suggestions and amendments. Let me start by thanking Senator Collins. She has been fantastic throughout this whole process. Senator Harkin, Senator Klobuchar, Senator Bill Nelson, Senator Schumer, Senator Durbin, Senator Lincoln, of course Senator Salazar, Senator Brown, Senator Menendez, Senator Casey, Senator Wyden, and even though I don't think Senator McCaskill was ever a cosponsor, she helped in the last few days on some drafting. There are two whom I need to single out, and one is Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, who went to bat and worked through a lot of issues that made this vote today possible, as well as our chairman Senator Inouye, first because I appreciate very much him giving me the opportunity to manage the bill. I also thank members of the staff. We all know we get the credit, we get the publicity, and we are sort of the face, but we could not do this job we do without great staff.”