Maxwell Frost: “It was once observed many years ago in the pre-television age that there are two things that you do not want to see…”

“It was once observed many years ago in the pre-television age that there are two things that you do not want to see happen. One is the making of sausage and the other is the making of legislation. But, of course, now we see the making of legislation on television; and I would suggest that what the other side is doing today is giving sausage-making a bad name. It is very clear that this legislation could become law in the next couple of days if they would just let it go, just let us have a separate vote on it. But they are not willing to do so. ... So all we are asking is a vote separate, a stand-alone vote just on the national AMBER network provisions which the other side, unfortunately, in this rule does not give us.”