Orrin Hatch: “I am saying that the Senator is already precluded because the trees are filled up. Second, we should just understand…”

“I am saying that the Senator is already precluded because the trees are filled up. Second, we should just understand here, the reason why the trees were filled is because this is a noncontroversial, bipartisan-supported, I think, 100 to zip vote in the Senate, and some of our colleagues on the other side want to load it up with controversial partisan amendments. Frankly, I would just like to pass the bill and find the right vehicle to bring up the partisan amendments. With regard to the Senator's sense-of-the-Senate resolution, which I think he would have to admit would not be binding on anybody, frankly, I think the Senator should take my word that if there are injustices with these people, we will work them out in the future. As chairman of the Judiciary Committee, I do not want any injustices there any more than I do in the case of Billy Dale. Until the investigation is complete, I think it is untoward for us to try to set up or even mention in a sense-of-the-Senate resolution that we should set up a general fund to take care of these things. We can take care of these things. In the past when we have had injustices, we have come in with special bills like this to resolve them. That is the way they ought to be done. We have not resolved all injustices in the past. I know some that should have been but were not. In this case, this is one everyone admits ought to be adjusted, except for 43 Members of the House of Representatives.…”