Trent Lott: “Senator Lautenberg is here, chairman of the subcommittee. He is working with Senator Murray on a couple amendments. We…”

“Senator Lautenberg is here, chairman of the subcommittee. He is working with Senator Murray on a couple amendments. We have a couple amendments by Senator DeMint that we have cleared. We are hoping we will have a chance to visit with Senator DeMint or some of his representatives momentarily and maybe clear some other amendments. I thank Senator DeMint for coming over. He actually came over with a block of nine amendments, and we are working through those. Some of them we can certainly accept. We will work through the rest. Senator Reid was very generous yesterday in agreeing that we wouldn't complete this bill until Senators had a chance to review it and come up with amendments, even as late as Tuesday morning, provided they were germane; otherwise, we could finish this bill this evening. We have another issue that has been interjected; that is, the Internet tax issue. I know Members on both sides and the leadership are working out when and how we would get to vote on that important issue because next Thursday, if we don't come up with something, the Internet moratorium on taxes will expire November 1. We have to deal with the issue. I call on my colleagues, if you have amendments of any kind on the Amtrak legislation, come over and offer them. We will work through them this afternoon.”