John Sarbanes: “I want to echo what the very able Senator from Nevada said about the Senator's eloquent address just a few minutes ago…”

“I want to echo what the very able Senator from Nevada said about the Senator's eloquent address just a few minutes ago, which is reflective of the pattern that he has established--which is to go on the floor of the Senate and go to the very fundamentals of what our system is all about. His constant reference to the Constitution draws us back to those fundamentals. The Senator has always put before the Senate this broader and deeper vision of why we are here, what we ought to be doing, and calling us back to our basic principles as a nation--right back to the Founding Fathers--as the Senator pointed out in his talk today. Important aspects of that are being challenged today in a very serious way.”