Arlen Specter: “I believe I have consent to speak for 10 minutes as in morning business. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator is correct.…”

Regrettably, this Convention is not at the top of the list.

The Congress, under separation of powers, has the authority to find the facts, and then there is need only for a rational relationship between what Congress finds factually and the legislation which Congress enacts.

One other point briefly--I see a colleague awaiting an opportunity to speak--and that is my hope we will address, before the end of the year, the issue of televising the proceedings of the Supreme Court of the United States. This is an…

the reason we serve is to ensure that our children and our children's children inherit the same great country that we received from those who went before us.