Sam Brownback: “in the coming weeks, we are going to be debating several very contentious bills. However, more than at any other point…”

“in the coming weeks, we are going to be debating several very contentious bills. However, more than at any other point in my career we are considering these issues in an extremely congenial, collegial, thoughtful and deliberative way. Certainly, many of us disagree about the details of one issue or another, however, we have consistently put the interest of the nation ahead of the our own interests as political actors. This is very encouraging to me. This should be very encouraging to the American people. This should be very encouraging to freedom loving people of the world. The tenor of the debates on this floor should signify to everyone that the United States Government is operating not simply as well as it did before September 11th, but better that it did on September 11th. In the face of this attack, the American Government is operating just as it was always intended to operate. Today, Madam President I rise to offer a bill that will ensure that our government continues to operate just as intended.”