Rick Santorum: “We have coarsened the comity of this place to the point where someone sitting in the gallery, who is literally months…”

“We have coarsened the comity of this place to the point where someone sitting in the gallery, who is literally months away from the age that has been set by the Senate rules, who has a particular interest in this piece of legislation would not be accorded the decency of being able to at least observe. But I respect the Senator's right to do what she wants to do, and she certainly is within her rights to do it. I think it is unfortunate that a young girl who has had as close to a personal encounter with this issue as possible and still be here to talk about it is not able to listen to a procedure to protect others from what she was threatened with. And that is certainly within the discretion of the Senator from California. I will proceed with my opening statement.”