It is my hope that we will reconcile all these interests and move ahead, but I think it is very important that we not search for a goal we cannot attain and end up doing nothing. We know the maxim that the perfect is the destroyer of the good. I thank my colleagues and yield the floor.
Discussing the importance of setting attainable goals in legislative efforts.
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I cannot applaud Rutland enough, because we had a similar hearing a few years ago when Senator Arlen Specter and I were here, and that shaped a number of federal programs for the better because of what we heard from you.
Senator Specter cited just one. It was his vote against confirming Jeff Sessions as a Federal judge.
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