Byron Dorgan: “this is a complicated and certainly an important issue. It seems to me that it takes two sides to compromise. One of the…”

“this is a complicated and certainly an important issue. It seems to me that it takes two sides to compromise. One of the things I am curious about, as I listened to this and to the Senator from Kentucky, the minority leader said we are ready to move forward. He said he is disappointed in the delays. Isn't it the case, however, that last week, when the cloture motion was filed by the Senator from Kentucky, they decided at that point to block everything else and stop everything from happening until this week? It seems to me this delay has occurred because the other side has blocked the ability to offer amendments. Had we offered amendments, we would have probably been done with that at this point. I say that there is not anyone in the Senate I am aware of--no one-- who doesn't believe we ought to extend this FISA law. Nobody is in that position. Isn't that the reason for the delay and the reason we have not moved forward--that we were blocked when the Senator from Kentucky filed his cloture motion?”