Ted Stevens: “I am just exploring that because I do not want to embarrass her, and when I get home, she is going to be embarrassed.…”

“I am just exploring that because I do not want to embarrass her, and when I get home, she is going to be embarrassed. She has been going to a series of bat mitzvahs in the Washington area these last 3 or 4 weeks where they give gifts to the young women who come to celebrate the event with them. What am I supposed to do, tell her to take it back? Under the amendment of the Senator from Arkansas, I should tell her she cannot have it at all, and under the Levin amendment, I have to ask her what it is worth; is that right?”