We are all interested in finding a better solution. I think one of the things we have been hearing over and over again is this bill is so perfect we cannot do anything to it to amend it and make it better. That is a bad, bad attitude about it.
Discussing the need for amendments to a bill during a floor debate.
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I am wondering, if you think this is redundant and extraneous rather than contrary to the intent, why wouldn't we just accept the amendment and keep going?
There is nothing worse, I have found, in this area of the market than uncertainty, and the longer this drags out, the more uncertainty there is.
I don't think you would want either Republicans or Democrats, I don't think either one would want 15, 20 percent of their economy in conservatorship for years and years.
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