Thomas Daschle: “obviously, I am disappointed. I looked at the vote. I think it was 16 to 5--similar in magnitude, on a bipartisan basis…”

“obviously, I am disappointed. I looked at the vote. I think it was 16 to 5--similar in magnitude, on a bipartisan basis, to the Sarbanes bill that passed out of the Banking Committee. We ended up with a unanimous vote on the floor. I hope we can get the same kind of unanimity ultimately on this legislation. But a 16-to-5 vote would seem to me to indicate very strong bipartisan support for this legislation as well. Senators are welcome to offer amendments. We oftentimes negotiate issues on the floor and accommodate Senators' concerns, both in the managers' amendment as well as in individual votes. So we will certainly have that opportunity once again. I have no doubt if there is an interest in resolving these outstanding questions, we ought to be able to do so. But we do need to move on. That was my hope, that we could lay the bill down and begin the debate and have these discussions.”