Political Quotes

“Madam President, Senator Feinstein and I have tried to reach a very delicate balance. We think we have done that. Senator Heller raised one specific issue. He said the chamber is supportive of the language. Let me just read: The chamber opposes Senator Heller's amendment for much of the same reason that we oppose comparable amendments being offered. It says: The difficulty with seemingly simple tweaks and wording is that interpreting the language, such as `` reasonably believes'' and ``reasonable efforts'' in legislation, is far from simple. It would create legal uncertainty and is contrary to the goal of real-time information sharing. The chamber will press to maintain NOS as the standard. Hopefully, this shares some texture with my colleagues about how difficult this has been. As I said earlier, I would love to accept all of the amendments. But when it changes the balance of what we have been able to put--when we take a voluntary bill and provide uncertainty, we have now given a reason for either companies not to participate or for the government to delay the transmission to the appropriate agencies. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator's time has expired.”