Angie Craig: “I regret that I was detained in my effort to return to the floor, from another appointment, to vote on the Collins…”

“I regret that I was detained in my effort to return to the floor, from another appointment, to vote on the Collins amendment, No. 596. Had I been present, I would have voted in favor of the amendment. I have been speaking again this week with our Governor of Idaho about the current fiscal difficulties faced by State and local governments. In both his role as Governor of our State and as the incoming chairman of the National Governors Association, Governor Kempthorne has eloquently argued the case for Congress to work with the States to address this situation. I am pleased that the Senate today could come to bipartisan agreement in its approach to temporary fiscal relief.”