John Kerry: “I would assure the Senator that it is neither the intention of the Senator from Arizona nor myself that that be the…”

“I would assure the Senator that it is neither the intention of the Senator from Arizona nor myself that that be the case. It is our understanding that the language in the managers' amendment is clear with respect to the fact that we do preserve addiction claims, and we also preserve the right of the States to bring future enforcement actions. If there is any ambiguity about that, I know the Senator from Arizona and I would be only too happy to accept an amendment of clarification to make it clear that neither of those are in fact the intent. So I think that that is an issue that can be dealt with exceedingly easily.”