Bob Kerrey: “I would agree to in some sort of consent agreement. I don't want to surrender the floor and then end up with my…”

“I would agree to in some sort of consent agreement. I don't want to surrender the floor and then end up with my amendment tabled with no capacity to appeal for some sort of flexibility in law or report language that would enable me to satisfy the concerns that I have. I think what you are asking for is reasonable. I would be willing to talk to Senator Chafee, Senator Baucus, and Administrative Browner, and see if they would accept some kind of report language that would do precisely what you are saying. I would say to the Senator from Missouri that I would be willing to go right this minute to the cloakroom and make those calls. But I would like to resolve it without having my amendment tabled, because I know I am going to have to bring a report back to you and say what they said and see if you would agree with it.”