Lateefah Simon: “I say to my friend from Kansas that if she wants to go further and prohibit temporary striker replacement, I will…”

“I say to my friend from Kansas that if she wants to go further and prohibit temporary striker replacement, I will support that endeavor. As a matter of fact, Quebec does that right now. Canada, as a whole, prohibits permanent striker replacements. In Quebec, you cannot even have temporary striker replacement. But whether they are temporary or permanent, there is no question that striker replacement results in a diminution of quality of the end product. The point made by Senator Kennedy is an absolutely valid point. Let me make a couple of other points while I have the floor, Mr. President. When the Senator from Oklahoma says Congress has clearly stated its opinion on striker replacement, that is true, only it is not quite the way it was implied by my friend, Senator Nickles. The reality is that the House of Representatives passed a bill to prohibit striker replacement, and in the U.S. Senate, 53 Members went on record for this, a majority in the U.S. Senate--53-47. But because of our filibuster rule, we did not pass a law.”