Arlen Specter: “I did compliment the Senator from Oklahoma, the distinguished chairman, for being so well prepared. Perhaps he should…”

“I did compliment the Senator from Oklahoma, the distinguished chairman, for being so well prepared. Perhaps he should have charts on all the States. I don't know. Perhaps he would have charts on the States where you anticipate difficulty or others on a comparative basis. But this Senator is not likely to be satisfied, as a general matter, with what satisfies the Senator from California. I think if we check the voting records of Senator Inhofe and Senator Specter and the junior Senator from California, Mrs. Boxer, we will find Senator Inhofe and Senator Specter on one side and Senator Boxer is on the other side a lot more times than not. So, I will take a look at the charts and I will take a look at the statistics. I do agree with the chairman that it is a complex matter. The first opportunity I have to review it is once I see the bill and I will make the analysis with California, and with Oklahoma. I have some substantial familiarity with Oklahoma because I have traveled the highways of Oklahoma a great deal. As the Senator from Oklahoma knows, I am a native of Kansas and went to the University of Oklahoma and drove that highway from Wichita to Norman on many occasions. To my recollection, it was a pretty good highway, but that has been a while ago. But I again complement the Senator from Oklahoma, the chairman, on his diligence, having the charts. We will take a very close look at it.”