Harry Reid: “it is true also, is it not, that we have made--and I would like to hear the Democratic leader respond to this--a fair…”

“it is true also, is it not, that we have made--and I would like to hear the Democratic leader respond to this--a fair response? The majority has an amendment they want to offer, sponsored by Senator Hatch, dealing with extension of some tax credits. We then said we would like to offer an amendment to stop what--it is not a crime but it is close to it in our country today with all the outsourcing of all these contracts, and we want to make sure the U.S. Government contracts are not outsourced unless there are certain limitations placed upon them. Then they would come back with another amendment sponsored by Senator Bunning. Then we would come back with another amendment sponsored by Senator Harkin dealing with overtime, and this is no secret; this is an issue about which we have great concern as to what the administration is doing with American workers with overtime. Is there anything in this agreement the Democratic leader sees that should prevent us from moving forward on this critical legislation? We have even agreed to time limits; is that not true?”