Chuck Schumer actually said...

"I want to just take a minute to echo Senator Brown's concerns about confirming our public trustees for a second term."

"The Senate has never confirmed a trustee for a second term, and, as public trustees are intended to act as outside watchdogs..."

"My advice would be, let us do the international side first, then we can deal with all the complicated issues elsewhere."

"I believe we have to make our companies competitive, and international reform is a lot easier to bite off than broad corporate tax reform, even though that is desirable, in my opinion, as well."