Trent Lott: “now we are back on the pending amendment, the Coburn amendment; is that correct? The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Thune). The…”

I think that many aspects to what the Obama administration and the Secretary of Education Arne Duncan is doing and the race for the top that have some positive features.

we are working on when we are going to be able to get this up. I have a couple of points. One, we have a catch- 22. Our Members want to make sure they have a chance to offer amendments, and we want to do that. At the same time, our…

I also think this is a classic chicken-and-egg deal. We tell Amtrak we want them to do better, but yet we don't offer any reforms, challenges, responsibilities to do better. We throw rocks and say: Why aren't you providing better service…

Quit campaigning, quit having press conferences, sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.