Arlen Specter: “on the Senate floor we do not frequently have the quality of evidence which assures authenticity, unlike a courtroom…”

“on the Senate floor we do not frequently have the quality of evidence which assures authenticity, unlike a courtroom where you have to have witnesses who saw, observed, or documentation which is authenticated. I have marveled, from time to time, during my tenure in the Senate how many representations of fact are made which have no authentication. We had a little time left over from the debate, so the Senator from Nevada and I have talked a little bit about these lists being made available to political parties. You have the inspector general's report which will be made a part of the Record which says what it says. I have already stated that. I am not going to repeat it. But what we say on this Senate floor is viewed by a lot of people. I am sure the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will be looking very closely at what Senator Reid and I have had to say. And other public institutions will be on notice, as well, that when there is public money involved, it is a public trust and not to be partisan for either Democrats or Republicans, and that we will take a look at it. Again, I repeat that, notwithstanding this concern, we did not seek to have that influence our determination as to what the funding should be. We added $10 million.…”