Saxby Chambliss: “if I might respond quickly, it is unfortunate we are in this situation. I commend the chairman, as well as the ranking…”

“if I might respond quickly, it is unfortunate we are in this situation. I commend the chairman, as well as the ranking member, for coming up with a pretty good piece of legislation to address a critical issue. It is unfortunate because we are not allowed to move ahead with amendments, that we are stuck in this quagmire. I know it is not the desire of the chairman to do anything other than move forward with amendments, amendments that are germane to the particular bill. Unfortunately, the amendment of the Senator is not germane to the pending business before the Senate. My amendment is. I think there are others who have amendments they want to bring up. I know it is not the fault of the chairman we are not allowed to move forward, but I certainly hope that by the time we get back next week we can do so and take up amendments that are critically important to the issue at hand and that we can remove those amendments that are not germane because it is a very critical piece of legislation. It is a good bill, and my amendment is a good amendment. I hope we are able to address it shortly.”