Byron Dorgan: “I join with my colleague to urge those who I know have other agendas and amendments, which I am sure are important to…”

“I join with my colleague to urge those who I know have other agendas and amendments, which I am sure are important to them, to decide not to offer them to this legislation. I encourage those who have offered them in the Senate Appropriations Committee to take those amendments out of this bill and allow us to do what we need to do for the victims of these disasters--to extend a helping hand and say to those who have suffered so much that this country understands that you need help, that you are not alone, and this legislation and this Congress, by enacting this legislation, wants to do that and do it quickly.”