Cord Byrd: “When the Senator is around here long enough he may find himself confounded. If we get into a situation where the…”

“When the Senator is around here long enough he may find himself confounded. If we get into a situation where the Nation's security is in the balance, we may all feel confounded by the necessity of acting expeditiously, because we have the lives of men and women in dire peril. And then, under this amendment, we are going to require a majority of the Senators who are chosen and sworn to pass a resolution in a situation like that--we are going to explain that away by talking about the budget deficits?”