Trent Lott: “One final point and I will let the Senator give his summation. This is a very complicated area that could have…”

“One final point and I will let the Senator give his summation. This is a very complicated area that could have unintended consequences, no question. We should not be trying to write legislation in this area in the Senate without very careful thought and consideration by committees. I think it is a very serious mistake to be considering this amendment in this way. Just so Senators will understand, Webster's defines ``derivative'' as: The limit of the ratio of the change in a function to the corresponding change in its independent variable as the latter change approaches zero. I am sure you got that. That makes my point. We don't know what we are doing here, and we should not be acting in this area.”