Haley Stevens: “let me respond to this first now. I want to make it clear--and we stand out here and say these are our friends in the…”

“let me respond to this first now. I want to make it clear--and we stand out here and say these are our friends in the Chamber. The Senators from Nevada come from a small State like I do in terms of population. We are friends. But I disagree. We currently have an order we will vote on the cloture motion on the nuclear waste disposal bill on Tuesday. There is absolutely nothing that can be lost, in terms of rights of the two Senators from Nevada with regard to that bill by letting our bill go forward. As a matter of fact, letting it be voted on before, we could have it finished before that cloture vote. I understand the idea of trying to delay getting to a bill in terms of trying to delay the bill ahead of it. But that is past, as I said. Once the cloture motion was filed, the time runs under the rule from then, and there is nothing that can be done to harm the position of the Senators from Nevada with regard to that bill by proceeding with the pending business. I respectfully say again, we have a strange situation this year with regard to this bill. We know we are presenting a bill that is beyond the request of the President. We are working on a strategy to present the President a bill we think he will sign. That will take time. In any event, we need to know if the bill is to be signed. If it is not to be signed, then--if he wants to veto it--then we have to go back and finish that process.”