On the recordOctober 16, 2003
There is a basic difference. If I may say, there are some people over here who really don't care much about this bill ever passing. That is the way the Senate is. Senator Daschle has used his good office because of a gentlemen's agreement that he had with the manager of the bill and Senator Frist to move this along as quickly as possible. We are trying to do that. It is no one's fault, but one of the Senators had a medical problem that held us up for several hours before we were scheduled to vote. It seems there is always some problem here. We have tried as much as we can to be responsible in our ability to move this bill. Four or five hours--I just repeat, we can't finish this bill tomorrow. Everyone should understand that. That isn't done with any animosity. It just can't be done.
Source
govinfo.gov
