Orrin Hatch: “let's understand the Senator's amendment. His amendment does not have the Schumer language in it that was passed…”

“let's understand the Senator's amendment. His amendment does not have the Schumer language in it that was passed yesterday. It doesn't have the Schumer language on abortion in it that we worked out very meticulously with the distinguished Senator from New York. That is very important language. It doesn't have the privacy language that Senator Leahy and the distinguished Senator from Vermont and I worked out over a long period of time. That is very critical language. Frankly, it is just an amendment that would substitute the current legislation with the bankruptcy reform bill that passed the Senate in the 105th Congress. This amendment by the distinguished Senator from Illinois is a transparent attempt to kill bankruptcy reform. It was hastily produced and does not even include the amendments to keep it current; that is, some of the bankruptcy judgeship provisions that have been overtaken by them. The Durbin amendment throws away 4 years of revision, compromise, and improvement.”