Arlen Specter: “If the Judiciary Committee did report out the Durbin amendment favorably, and my amendment on a second degree was…”

“If the Judiciary Committee did report out the Durbin amendment favorably, and my amendment on a second degree was defeated along party lines, it is true there is primary jurisdiction in the Judiciary Committee. But when this matter comes up before the Banking, Housing and Urban Development Committee, these ideas could be incorporated, and I would urge my colleague to do just that.”