I say to him and our colleagues in the Senate that we have now been working for 2 days to try to get this matter cleared. While we are involved in the minutia of the clearing process, Aung San Suu Kyi is still, in effect, in prison. We need to send a message to the military in Burma, and we need to send it this week.
Discussing the urgency of addressing the Burma sanctions bill.
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