Angie Craig: “the rulings of the Senate. There is pending business before the Senate. It would take unanimous consent to set aside the…”

“the rulings of the Senate. There is pending business before the Senate. It would take unanimous consent to set aside the pending business to go on to other business. So that is the circumstance we are involved in at this moment. And defending my right to the floor and the amendment before the floor, I am simply upholding that right to the rules of the Senate. The leader has said, most sincerely, that we would examine all the amendments that are brought forth to determine if there are some that we can agree on, that ought to go forward, that fall, I think, into the conscript of those of us 67 Senators who are the supporters of this legislation and who would do so. But now it is the rules of the Senate that cause me to take the action I have taken.”