Russ Feingold: “I will briefly respond with great respect. There were a number of other amendments with great substance that I would…”

“I will briefly respond with great respect. There were a number of other amendments with great substance that I would have very much wanted to offer, but did not in the spirit of trying to make sure nothing of great moment occurred on this bill. These are merely reporting amendments. I understand the Senator's point. These are amendments that could have been possibly accepted; they are not particularly controversial. In any event, I respect what the managers have had to do in order to get the bill through. I am prepared to move on to the next amendment, unless they want to continue to debate this. If the managers prefer, we could move on in the next amendment.”