Bob Corker: “the bill the chairman of the Banking Committee, the distinguished Senator from Connecticut, is speaking about is over…”

“the bill the chairman of the Banking Committee, the distinguished Senator from Connecticut, is speaking about is over 400 pages long. It has been amended verbally numerous times over the past week. We are going to have a meeting at 3 o'clock today. None of us has seen the bill. None of us has seen the amendments. I have tremendous respect for the chairman of this committee. He is, to me, one of the best Senators in this body to work with. I respect the ranking committee member. I know time is of the essence, if you will, as to addressing some of the issues that are in this bill. I am very disappointed that today at 3 we are going to be going through a very technical bill many Senators in this body, candidly, may not ever take the time to look at because of the technicalities that exist and the specialties that will be addressed, if you will, by this bill. I am very tempted to object to this, not because it is taking place today at 3, but because of the fact that we do not have any of the documentation regarding the agreements that have been made. Out of my respect for this chairman and out of my respect for the ranking member, I will not object at this time. But I will say, in the future I hope for a technical bill such as this that is more than a few lines--something that is over 400 pages long--there will be time to actually go through the bill prior to a very strenuous markup. I in no way assert any negativity toward the Senator.”