On the recordDecember 21, 2012
I thank the Presiding Officer. The only one thing I will add to this subject before we vote--the Senator from Arkansas seeks to speak and we will run out of time soon--is that a provision which is in our bill, which both the ranking member and myself voted for, which was stricken, one of the arguments against it was made by the ACLU. Our friend from Kentucky talks about something in this bill which denies the right to jury trial and the proof he gives for that is something that is not in the bill, which is--it violates logic, to begin with, but putting that aside--one of the arguments against keeping it in the bill was made by the American Civil Liberties Union and surely they believe people's rights to trial and jury trial should not be denied. So the allegations made by the Senator from Kentucky are wrong. There is absolutely no substantiation for them, including the one which was just referred to by Senator McCain. But the statement he makes that there is language in this bill--here is the bill. Where is the Senator from Kentucky? What page of the bill is he referring to that contains the language he says denies people the right to trial? It is simply not there. I yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Arkansas.
