Sam Brownback: “I thank the manager of this bill, who has been extraordinarily patient with us in working this through. We have worked…”

“I thank the manager of this bill, who has been extraordinarily patient with us in working this through. We have worked closely with Senator Bumpers' staff. It was several days working this out. It was our understanding they had no difficulty and they were in agreement with this language. I also thank the Senator from New York for his kind comments. This simply does provide for a modicum of local input, to try to provide some means for people locally to comment on this. It doesn't affect existing trails. That is why we proposed this. I thank the Senator from Rhode Island for all of his efforts, along with those of the Senator from Montana, too. I hope we can get this resolved within the next 10 minutes if possible. I will stay here on the floor, so maybe while we are considering this next amendment, we could get this resolved right after that, if that is at all possible.”