Thomas Daschle: “I do not know why that language would have to be offered on this legislation. It is not germane to the…”

“I do not know why that language would have to be offered on this legislation. It is not germane to the Justice-State-Commerce bill. It is not germane to the CR. We are willing to try to accommodate the Senator if we can have some time to look at the language and find out whether this is in keeping with past precedent. We want to be sure that we are not cutting new ground here. And I think perhaps over a period of time we might be able to resolve this matter. We cannot do it now. There is no way we can agree to any time agreement until many of us have had a chance to look at it. So it will probably be some time prior to the time we can give any assurance to the Senator from New Hampshire. But we will certainly look at it and see if there is a way to do it in spite of the fact we do not think it belongs on this piece of legislation.”