Frank Murkowski: “The question is, I do not know whether the floor manager was invited to the dinner that the Senator from Maine has gone…”

“The question is, I do not know whether the floor manager was invited to the dinner that the Senator from Maine has gone to, but the Senator from Alaska was invited to that dinner and, in the interest of full disclosure, rejected the invitation so I could be here to debate my amendment. So I defer to the Senator from Arizona who has suggested that there is some inequity here, and the Senator from Missouri who suggested there is some inequity. But there is mixed bag here with regard to dinner. I am probably as hungry as the Senator from Arizona. But the record should note that, while there is inconvenience to all, it is for all kinds of different reasons. With that profound statement, I thank the Senator.”