Ron Wyden: “I have already indicated to Senators Coburn and McCaskill that I am interested in being a cosponsor of this legislation.…”

“I have already indicated to Senators Coburn and McCaskill that I am interested in being a cosponsor of this legislation. I think it is a constructive idea. In effect, we are asking each other the same questions. I think the measure the Senator from South Carolina is talking about, the Coburn-McCaskill measure, is an important one. I have indicated I will be a cosponsor. My hope would be that, after putting more than a decade into this effort, the Senator from South Carolina would let us finally get a vote on this bipartisan effort to eliminate secret holds, with this public acknowledgment, at least on my part, that I think the Senator's point is valid with respect to Senators reading bills and I intend to be a cosponsor of the Coburn-McCaskill legislation.”