Victor Fazio: “I think everyone here, Mr. Leader, would like to proceed on the agenda to complete this Congress, and certainly I think…”

“I think everyone here, Mr. Leader, would like to proceed on the agenda to complete this Congress, and certainly I think most of us would have hoped we could have taken up the Amtrak matter yesterday, as we had scheduled to. But it seems to me the one key component to getting agreement from both sides of the aisle to proceed on all these important matters is an overridingly important issue that relates to the gentlewoman from Orange County, CA [Ms. Sanchez]. She will be having an anniversary, as we all will, of our election here before we leave this town the first Tuesday of November, and yet she has not been accorded the same ability to take and hold her seat that the rest of us have. I think it is fair to say the people on this side of the aisle, who showed the power of their support for her last night, retain that interest, and implore the majority to bring that issue to close before we leave. If that assurance can be given, I think the process here can be eased greatly.”