Harry Reid: “There are a lot of things we would like to talk about. There is minimum wage, just to name one and which we feel is long…”

“There are a lot of things we would like to talk about. There is minimum wage, just to name one and which we feel is long overdue. There are a lot of amendments regarding Medicare we could offer on this legislation--prescription drugs. But because this is an important Defense bill, we have chosen not to offer any extraneous amendments. Speaking personally, that is why I am somewhat disappointed that an amendment dealing with broadcast indecency would be offered on this bill because there is no question it will hold up things. I am in support of the Senator from North Dakota in offering this amendment. I want to underscore and underline that it is too bad this broadcast indecency amendment was offered on this bill because it is going to take a little bit of time.”