Harry Reid: “I say to the two chairmen, I am also a member of that committee, and I would like to finish the business at hand.…”

“I say to the two chairmen, I am also a member of that committee, and I would like to finish the business at hand. Senator Daschle has been very clear. He has stated for more than a week now that we must move forward with the Patients' Bill of Rights. We are doing that. He said this morning--and I have been in conference with Senator Kennedy and Senator Edwards. I have spoken to Judd Gregg, manager of the Patients' Bill of Rights bill. I indicated to him we need a finite list of amendments on the Patients' Bill of Rights. That seems simple. We are very interested in doing that, and that should be able to be accomplished quickly. Everybody knows the contested issues on this matter. We need a finite list of amendments. When that is done, Senator Daschle said he would be happy to work with the two Senators and work out something that is fair. We can do that as quickly as possible. I think there could be a finite list given to us in the next hour. It should not be very hard to do at all.”