Byron Dorgan: “Let me ask this, if I might ask the Senator from Michigan. I don't disagree with you at all. I understand you don't want…”

“Let me ask this, if I might ask the Senator from Michigan. I don't disagree with you at all. I understand you don't want 100 extraneous amendments that have nothing to do with this, so you want a relevancy test. But as I understand, the provision in law that I reference in my amendment is exactly the provision in law that is referenced on page 349, lines 16 to 19. That will now be prevented, so I will have to rewrite this amendment. The Parliamentarian says he thinks it is not relevant--their office thinks it is not relevant, 'after consultation with both the majority and minority staff of the Armed Services Committee.' I might wonder what kind of consultation exists there. Can either of the Senators tell me?”