[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17915]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




          LOBBYING REFORM AND 9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, it goes without saying I am disappointed 
that the two issues we have had to do--so important--ethics and 
lobbying reform and the 9/11 Commission recommendations 
implementation--that there have been objections. All kinds of reasons, 
but it seems to me it is an effort that is not in keeping with what is 
good for our country. I accept what has happened, and we will be back 
tomorrow with our request for the lobbying reform.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Mr. President, I would ask one thing of my colleagues. 
We wouldn't want this--certainly, I wouldn't, and I believe most of my 
colleagues wouldn't--want to let this bill be delayed because of the 
cuts of a thousand deaths. We have dealt with the first objection--TSA. 
We did something many of us thought we shouldn't do in an effort to 
move the bill forward. The majority leader has said he will deal with 
Senator Coburn's objection. But if then tomorrow something else comes 
down and they make another objection and next week another objection 
and another objection, that would not be fair.
  So I would ask my colleagues, anyone else who has objections, to 
bring them forward tomorrow so maybe we can try to resolve them and 
move this bill forward.

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