Cord Byrd: “I don't need to remind the distinguished Senator from New Mexico of his responsibility or any other Senator of his or…”

“I don't need to remind the distinguished Senator from New Mexico of his responsibility or any other Senator of his or her responsibility. As I said earlier, I am not complaining about anyone. I sympathize and empathize with the managers of the measure. They have done the best they could. You can't do any better. We have all been caught in this situation. It is not to our liking. But the distinguished manager, the chairman of the Finance Committee, sought to explain to me a minute ago, in 2 minutes, what was in this managers' packet. I didn't know anything, and when he completed, I didn't know any more than when he started. As a matter of fact, I was probably more confused. I think we would have had a little better explanation if we had a division and had each amendment explained.”