[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 19756]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          INTELLIGENCE REFORM

  Mr. DASCHLE. Mr. President, in discussing these matters with the 
majority leader, there is somewhat of a rare consensus here that the 
two matters he has raised once again this morning are critical, not 
only to this body but to the country, and must be addressed prior to 
the time we leave. The bill currently pending, managed so well by 
Senators Collins and Lieberman, and the task force and the effort to 
reorganize the legislative branch creating greater oversight and 
clearer lines of responsibility for intelligence are critical matters 
and high priorities. I hope we can continue to keep the discipline and 
focus on this legislation until we have successfully completed it.
  I am optimistic, given the cooperation and the degree of comity on 
these matters, that we can complete our work, but I do believe it is 
going to take the kind of schedule that the majority leader and I 
addressed a moment ago.

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