Pete Domenici: “Fellow Senators, I have been heard to say I would do anything I could to kill this bill because of what happened with…”

“Fellow Senators, I have been heard to say I would do anything I could to kill this bill because of what happened with reference to the mentally ill. But I have conferred with our distinguished leader. And, frankly, I am very proud of what he is doing around here. He is making the Senate work, and we are getting some things done. And to be honest, the only thing I could do is make you all stay around here tonight and tomorrow, if a couple of us could stand on our feet all night. And I do not choose to do that because I think, in the end, this bill is so good for the American people, and that will be expressed by the votes of this body. But I would like those who have resisted a very modest amendment which we agreed to, which was a compromise, to know--and I told our leader this--that this issue is not going away. In fact, I will introduce a freestanding bill today with many cosponsors.”