Lindsey Graham: “I want to put this debate in the context I think we are missing. We are talking about process, and what I would like to…”

“I want to put this debate in the context I think we are missing. We are talking about process, and what I would like to achieve, along with, I think, most Members of this body, is results. The process we have chosen is legal, it is legitimate, and it follows the rules of this body. I would like to focus Members' attention on the fact that the bankruptcy reform bill passed 313 to 108, and in the Senate it was 83 to 14. The reason we are here in the last hours of Congress having to use the process that we have chosen is because a handful of people who want to defeat the will of both bodies have chosen to make it difficult if not impossible without this route. Bankruptcy reform is long overdue in this country to protect people, women and children, to make sure their obligations owed to them are there. This bankruptcy bill protects those who are in need to make sure their payments come before anybody else gets their payments. The bill seeks to reform a system that has been outdated and needs to be brought up to the 21st century standards to make sure that people avail themselves of bankruptcy protection in a fair way and that the business community gets a fair shake.”