Jon Kyl: “let me just add some additional thanks to those that Senator Feinstein has indicated here. Before I do, I note the…”

“let me just add some additional thanks to those that Senator Feinstein has indicated here. Before I do, I note the illustrative chart that Senator Feinstein has been referring to refers to the rights of the defendants there. I think it is instructive that for those who say we should not be providing victims' rights by amending the U.S. Constitution, it is very instructive that most of those rights for defendants were added by amendment to the U.S. Constitution. They were not embodied in the original text of the Constitution. So, as times changed and as we determined that rights needed to be added, we did that for the defendants. Now, as Senator Feinstein has pointed out, it is time to add some coequal rights for victims of violent crime. There are some additional people I think we would be remiss in not thanking at this time. Laurence Tribe certainly was mentioned by Senator Feinstein; Professor Paul Cassell at the University of Utah was equally helpful to us, in drafting language changes.”