Mike Thompson: “With all due respect, I suggest there is more to it than that. It is not a matter of shortening it or making it more…”

“With all due respect, I suggest there is more to it than that. It is not a matter of shortening it or making it more difficult. We have one provision here that says the President can intervene and override, in effect, if he goes through several steps, including negotiating with foreign countries. Then we have another provision--although the standard is a little bit different--that lets him do the same thing without going through all those steps.”