Angie Craig: “we have just had 5 days of very important debate. I think all who entered the debate entered it with good will in mind.…”

“we have just had 5 days of very important debate. I think all who entered the debate entered it with good will in mind. There have been different points of view, very strongly held different points of view. As a result of that, the final passage of S. 1805 was not possible, and the Senate defeated it. I wish to thank so many people who have been tremendously helpful on my staff: Brooke Roberts, Lisa McGrath, and Doug Lucke, who worked extremely hard with me to perfect S. 1805 and bring it to the floor; Chairman Hatch and his staff of the Judiciary Committee: Ted Lehman, Brett Tolman, and Reed O'Connor; the leadership staff in the cloakroom; and the 55 cosponsors of S. 1805. Certainly, there was a strong effort on the part of all to get this legislation to the floor, to get clean votes on it. The President asked that a clean bill be received at the White House. None of that, in the final hours, appeared to be possible. Clearly, we were not going to be allowed to go to conference.”