Byron Dorgan: “I would be very happy, however, by consent, to spend a full hour with the Senator from Colorado or any other Senator…”

“I would be very happy, however, by consent, to spend a full hour with the Senator from Colorado or any other Senator, for that matter, just back and forth with two or three of us asking and answering questions. I would enjoy that opportunity. But having said all that, let me explain that this 168 to 4 is, in my judgment, a lot of shadow boxing. It might be fun for some. I am sure it is not fun for those who have to spend their time for the next 30 hours--the doorkeepers and the members of the police, and others, the security, and the folks at the desk, and the folks who do the service that is performed here to keep the records of the Senate--they have to be here 30 hours. If it makes people feel better doing this, they have a right to do it. I will not complain about it. They have a perfect right to do this. But let me tell you what I have a right to do as well. I have a right, at least as one Member of this Senate, to wish--to wish--just for a moment that I were in control of this agenda. And I will tell you what I would do today if I were in control of this agenda. I would bring something to the floor of the Senate that deals with the subject of jobs.”