On the recordJuly 7, 2004
I am disappointed, as Senator Akaka is, that we are not going to have a chance, apparently, to vote on this amendment. As I understand it now, Senator Frist has come to the floor of the Senate and has used a procedural device called 'filling the tree,' which means he has filed so many amendments that no one else can file an amendment. So we are just stopped. The underlying bill, the class action bill, is an important and controversial bill, and now Senator Frist has stopped any amendments to it. Among those that have been precluded is the amendment by the Senator from Hawaii, which has bipartisan support, a good amendment, and I hope we can get to it and get to it soon.
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