Arlen Specter: “My question to the Senator from Connecticut is: When you take the language of title V, chapter 71, which specifies the…”

“My question to the Senator from Connecticut is: When you take the language of title V, chapter 71, which specifies the President may issue an order excluding any agency or subdivision thereof from coverage under this chapter if the President determines (a) the agency or subdivision has as a primary function intelligence, counterintelligence, investigative or national security work; and, (b) the provisions of this chapter cannot be applied to that agency or subdivision in a manner consistent with national security requirements or considerations; And, add to that the language from the Nelson-Chafee-Breaux amendment which specifies that the President could not use his authority without showing that, (1) the mission and responsibilities of the agency or subdivision materially change; and, (2) a majority of such employees within such agency or subdivision have as their primary duty intelligence, counterintelligence or investigative work directly related to terrorism investigation. My question is, isn't it true the provisions of existing law and the additions made by the Nelson amendment are very close?”