On the recordApril 10, 2014
This is what we deal with here. We have a piece of legislation that has been reported out of the committee. It has been cleared by the Democrats here in the Senate, and the Republicans are now saying: Well, we like that, but we don't want to do it that way; let's do it some other way. The point is the committee met and reviewed the House legislation and decided they wanted to do more than what the House did. I think we should go forward with what the committee says. I hear my friend the Republican leader and other Republican Senators say: Let's have the committees do their work. They have done their work. We approved their work. We are ready to pass this right now, which includes the Debbie Smith language but does a lot more. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Republican whip.
