Tom Harkin: “I understand. I do not want to add to the problems our distinguished chairman has with this bill. I was hoping perhaps…”

“I understand. I do not want to add to the problems our distinguished chairman has with this bill. I was hoping perhaps the Finance Committee and others would approve of this and let it go on through. As I said, I know it is authorization, but we have other authorizing things that are in this bill, too. But I understand for some reason there are some who do not want this on this bill. I had hoped we could have prevailed on this, but I understand the chairman's position on this. I know he is in a position where he has to try to get this bill through. We do not want to hold it up any longer. We want to get it through as soon as possible. There are some very important things in this bill, like education and other things that we got in it, that I hope we can hold. With the assurance of the chairman that perhaps we can find some other vehicle to get this thing through this year, Mr. President, I then ask unanimous consent to withdraw my amendment.”