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“also, there were witnesses talking about the northern route at the hearing. Among those testifying was Forrest Hoglund, chairman and CEO of Arctic Resources Company in Houston, TX. Maybe the Senator is upset about the procedure, but he should back off a little bit because he has clearly been wrong in the statement about not having a hearing. It was a long hearing; it took a long time. I state again we are in the Senate working on this most important legislation. I have in my hand S. 1344, which is the Patients' Bill of Rights. This came to the Senate without a single hearing. There were hearings on the Patients' Bill of Rights but not this bill. It was the same with the energy bill we had on the floor when the Republicans were in control of the Senate. We went one step further than they did. My friend from Oklahoma said: I have never known in 22 years they started a markup and then got the bill here this way. The Republicans would not allow us to even start a markup. We at least started one. Mr. President, this seems to be getting a little silly. We are here. It is Wednesday. We have to move this legislation. We have other things we need to do. We only follow the lead of the Republicans. If they were wrong, then maybe we should have followed somebody else's lead. The fact is we are here; let's do the best we can on this legislation.”