Mary Landrieu: “I appreciate both leaders for giving some time for this. Several of us have been working all week on a package of…”

“I appreciate both leaders for giving some time for this. Several of us have been working all week on a package of amendments that were bipartisan and cleared by both Senator Grassley's and Senator Hatch's staff. We appreciate their work so much. We are, unfortunately, not able to get unanimous consent. We tried. I thank them very much for their effort. They stuck with us all the way to the end. Hopefully this bill will begin to build a bipartisan coalition of Senators who wish to truly solve problems for our country. Our coalition that worked on this is both people for and against the bill. We were not able to get it cleared. We are not discouraged and will continue to work. I thank Senator Hatch and Senator Grassley. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Coons). Mr. Leader.”