William Helms: “the remarks I am about to make will probably be the best kept secret in Washington, DC, tomorrow morning in the…”

“the remarks I am about to make will probably be the best kept secret in Washington, DC, tomorrow morning in the Washington Post or whatever. Instead, I am sure there will be ample coverage given to the various statements made by several Senators earlier in the day about how they are having trouble getting a treaty through the U.S. Senate. And certain comments were made that just had no basis in fact whatsoever. So this is a speech that I am going to make to set the record straight so that it will be in the Congressional Record tomorrow morning in the hopes that some soul somewhere may decide to look to see what the facts really are. In any case, I listened with great interest to the--what do we call it--the colloquy this morning regarding the Chemical Weapons Convention, and I think it is important to remind the Senate of some facts about the debate surrounding this controversy and, I believe, this dangerous treaty, which is perilously flawed. First of all, I am puzzled at the insistence of some of my Democratic colleagues on a date certain for a vote on this treaty.”