Rick Santorum: “I don't believe that amendment prejudices anything we are doing. My understanding is, within the context of this…”

“I don't believe that amendment prejudices anything we are doing. My understanding is, within the context of this amendment-- my hope is that we can continue to work on this, even as we are on the floor, to see if we can come up with an amendment that lays out what we need to do in 2003. I didn't get details, but there are other 2002 budget issues. To accomplish this, we need to take care of that in the supplemental. That is another issue. As far as 2003 is concerned, I am still hopeful we can come up with something; whether it is on the floor or we can resolve it by the time the bill is finished, I don't know. I am hopeful we can include it if we can resolve it. I don't see anything in the amendment that prejudices it and trying to work it out in conference.”