Mike Thompson: “Which would leave us, once again, in a situation where the President is having to make a new determination because there…”

“Which would leave us, once again, in a situation where the President is having to make a new determination because there is ``concern''--concern we did not have with regard to any of these other Presidents, but we have concern with this President at this time. One can argue it is minimal. One can argue it is almost the same. We are creating some interesting legislative history here. I wonder how anybody can ever contest the President after this discussion, quite frankly, but if that is the case, why in the world do we want to announce to the world we want to spend 2, 3, 4 days arguing over whether or not to diminish the President's authority a little bit or whether or not to put up an additional hurdle before him, when he is saying to us and the world--presumably, I do not know how onerous this is going to be; perhaps it will not be very onerous at all. It is just not right. It is just not right to diminish the President's authority or to put up additional requirements of him at this time.”