Pete Sessions: “I know Senator Reid has assured people of what is in the bill, but he hasn't read what is in this amendment-- neither…”

“I know Senator Reid has assured people of what is in the bill, but he hasn't read what is in this amendment-- neither has any Senator in this body, I suggest. Only a few staffers have, and there have been tremendous errors made already in the previous amendment they offered. And just to say there have been nothing but minor changes is not something I think Senators ought to rely on. My good friend, Senator Reid, has always been courteous to me, but we disagree on this issue. He said he wants to make people happy. How about making the American people happy? They oppose this bill overwhelmingly, and yet the leadership here continues to use every parliamentary tactic that we have ever used, and new tactics never before used, to limit debate and move this bill to final passage. I object to that. I think about our former colleagues, Senator Paul Wellstone and Senator Helms. I wonder how they would feel if it was said: Well, this is unprecedented, we are going to eliminate debate, but I have talked to the leader on the other side, and we two leaders have just decided, since it is bipartisan, we will do that. Make no mistake about what is being done here, Mr. President. There is no dispute whatsoever. Amendments will not be allowed to be voted on that the majority leader does not personally sign off on.”