Rob Portman: “I do not think there is any issue more important to my constituents. I agree with the gentlewoman. I think it is very…”

“I do not think there is any issue more important to my constituents. I agree with the gentlewoman. I think it is very important to move forward on that. But the Senate has not acted. That is what we are trying to do today. We are just trying to shine light on the fact that on a number of different issues, the United States Senate has not followed suit, has not passed in a constructive way legislation that we could then take into conference and then send to the President for signature which then could have a real effect on the lives of real people. There is no issue more important than prescription drug coverage, but there is also a very important issue out there which is how to keep people who want to be able to save for their retirement, to give them a little more security so that they are going to know, in the example of Enron for instance, where they could not get rid of their corporate stock, they had to hold onto it because they were restricted, that that could no longer happen.”