Frank Lautenberg: “I wonder if I might dare to offer my comments after that earlier admonition. But I will do it because we are here for…”

“I wonder if I might dare to offer my comments after that earlier admonition. But I will do it because we are here for reasons that are obvious to everybody. We are here because our friends on the other side wanted to stop us from offering amendments altogether and are trying to block any suggestion that might be added to make this bill more reasonable or more acceptable. I call up my amendment and ask unanimous consent that Senator Dodd be added as a cosponsor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk will report. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Lautenberg], for himself and Mr. Dodd, proposes an amendment numbered 1620.”