On the recordJuly 15, 2010
I thank my colleague from Delaware. He highlighted the difficulty in passing legislation. There are those who think it goes too far and those who think it does not go far enough. We do not write a bill on our own. There are 100 of us in this Chamber and 435 in the other. There are stakeholders, the administration--all sorts of people we deal with on these matters. What we try to do is fashion the best proposal we can that moves us forward and addresses the underlying causes, as we tried to with this bill. I appreciate the Senator's points that were raised during the debate and discussion. We tried to accommodate them where we could in fashioning legislation. It is always a difficult process. You do not get to write your own bill. You can write your own bill and introduce it, but ultimately, for it to become law requires cooperation. We had that cooperation. I appreciate his involvement very much.
