On the recordMarch 13, 2014
The leader is right. Senator Lee was very accommodating in letting us move forward on this bill. I appreciate that. We accomplished a lot in the floor process, as Senator Alexander said. I think we can adopt the legislation, making it an even stronger bill. I would not like to thank a lot of the staff. I hope I do not miss anyone. David Cleary, Peter Oppenheim, Patrick Murray, Marty West, and Bill Knudsen of Senator Alexander's staff. I would like to thank Chris Toppings and Natasha Hickman of Senator Burr's staff. I would like to commend the work of Jessica McNiece and Brent Palmer of Senator Mikulski's staff. Finally, I would like to thank Pam Smith, who is not here but who worked on this for a long time, Derek Miller, Mildred Otero, Mario Cardona, Soncia Coleman, Michael Gamel McCormick, Leanne Hotek, Brit Moller, and Aissa Canchola of my staff.…
