Tina Smith: “I totally agree with what the Senator from Arizona is trying to do. I have made my statement here on the floor regarding…”

“I totally agree with what the Senator from Arizona is trying to do. I have made my statement here on the floor regarding this issue in the opening debate on the bill that I oppose flow control. I think that the interstate commerce clause should be safeguarded. I do not want Congress to interfere. The reason why we have had a difficult time with this issue, I say to my colleagues, is that there are special circumstances where people have incurred a tremendous amount of expense. As the Senator from Arizona, Senator Kyl, said in his very eloquent remarks regarding his amendment, the free enterprise system should be allowed to work. We might say, why did those people go ahead and make these financial obligations, knowing full well that they did not have the protection of the law? I think that is a very valuable argument and an argument that we certainly considered as we crafted this bill.”