Chuck Grassley: “I wish to respond to Senator Kerry's comments about my representation of the Bankruptcy Review Commission. The…”

“I wish to respond to Senator Kerry's comments about my representation of the Bankruptcy Review Commission. The commissioners themselves said the vote was 8 to 1 on the small business provisions. So it is not accurate that there are major tensions with respect to these provisions. I have a letter that I will put in the Record that shows a former commissioner of the Bankruptcy Commission saying the vote was 8 to 1 on the small business provisions. The National Bankruptcy Review Commission adopted the Small Business Provisions in its report with solid support, the vote was 8 to 1 in favor. There was little dissension, the vote was NOT 5 to 4 as has been stated, the Commission was not bitterly divided but, in fact, was strongly in favor of the provisions.”