Bill Lee: “I thank my friend and distinguished colleague from Tennessee for his remarks. In light of the fact that this bill does…”

“I thank my friend and distinguished colleague from Tennessee for his remarks. In light of the fact that this bill does involve a complicated process, in light of the fact that this bill--the original Senate bill--was many hundreds of pages long, in light of the fact that the conference report is likely to be lengthy, I would hope and I would urge my colleagues to have a say in the matter. I hope we will all work toward a process that can result in at least allowing the American people to see this bill before it comes back in conference report form--at least a week or so before we actually have a vote on the conference report. I think the American people deserve to see what is in it before their representatives in the House and in the Senate have an opportunity to vote on it. I hope that will be the case and I hope my colleagues will agree to that.”