Byron Dorgan: “I have been hearing in recent days that, once again, the President is on the campaign trail across the country.…”

“I have been hearing in recent days that, once again, the President is on the campaign trail across the country. Sometimes he does two, three, four, and five fundraisers a day. At most of these fundraisers, the President criticizes the Senate for not passing the homeland security bill exactly the way he would like it. I thought I might make a couple of comments about that. First, we in the Senate are in the process of debating the homeland security bill. I hope the President will ultimately be willing to compromise with us on some key issues. I believe we will pass a homeland security bill, and I believe it will be soon if we get some willingness to compromise on the part of the White House. ... I think that is terribly inappropriate. It is not inappropriate at all for the President to campaign.”