Bob Kerrey: “this amendment offered by Senator Grassley and I will fix a problem having to do with Federal tax refunds and State…”

He is also committed to working with Congress, and will fight every day to do his duty.

The challenge for us, and too much is at stake for us to even consider the possibility of failure, is for us to end this distrust and put this too partisan debate behind us. And for the sake of our place in history rise to the high road…

The reforms we have embarked on over the last 16 months... are substantive and systematic, not just cosmetic.

I think the moment that ends, no matter what you pay men and women, they are not going to sign up.