Arlen Specter: “as noted, this amendment will put before the Senate the bill which was passed out of the Judiciary Committee on Monday.…”

“as noted, this amendment will put before the Senate the bill which was passed out of the Judiciary Committee on Monday. There is one modification. There is a title which remains as to judicial review, and for procedural purposes, we have left the title in as to judicial review. But it is my intention to modify that, depending upon what the hearing discloses on Monday. As is known, we worked under considerable time pressure. The leader wanted a bill reported out on Monday. People came back from recess early, and people were in town on Sunday night so we could start Monday morning, which we did at 10 o'clock, and worked through until 1 p.m., and then from 2 p.m. until past 6 p.m. The section on judicial review was not subject to debate because the chairman's mark had a consolidation of the Federal circuit. We had considerable debate about that, so we have scheduled a hearing for Monday where we will take up those issues. Then in the course of floor debate next week, we will modify that section, depending upon what we hear and what we decide to do. Mr. President, I ask that Senator Leahy, the distinguished ranking member, be listed as the original cosponsor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.”