Frank Lautenberg: “I would like to see the amendment accepted. I would like to have a vote on this amendment, unless, of course, the…”

“I would like to see the amendment accepted. I would like to have a vote on this amendment, unless, of course, the amendment is acceptable to both sides. Frankly, I think it is a good amendment. It does justice in some measure to the memory of those who were killed. They were there as a peacekeeping force--1,800 of them. A quarter of the force was killed in that single incident. The crime victims fund is a fund that is there to assist--not to provide damage awards to the people but to help them discover the evidence that is necessary. The fund has a few hundred million dollars which would assist these 15 special masters by providing them per diem so they can travel and get the details from these families, as they must do in order to have a sensible trial for damages.”