Bob Kerrey: “You have asked me a question; let me answer. We have had this colloquy a couple of times before. My answer, with great…”

“You have asked me a question; let me answer. We have had this colloquy a couple of times before. My answer, with great respect--and I am not trying to argue--I am trying to, hopefully, get some change that enables me to support the legislation. What I said before I will say again--we had a role with the Department of Justice when we did this thing once before 10 years ago. The Department of Justice had the most important role in taking us from a monopoly in long distance to a competitive marketplace. The answer to your question is that the Department of Justice had the principal role. We are not asking the--in this proposal we are not giving the Department of Justice the ability to manage this thing unnecessarily. We are simply saying that there is a review process and they have the authority to sign off on it, and they have to answer in a 90-day period.”