Hoyer:
Why no conference? Because a Republican member of the United States Senate wouldn’t let us go to conference. That’s why there was no conference. He stood day after day after day objecting to adopting this important reform package. And, as a result, we couldn’t go to conference. So you can’t complain on the one hand we’re not in conference when it is a Republican Senator from South Carolina who day after day, week after week, objected to doing just that. Mr. Speaker, today is a proud day for this body. And, again, I congratulate my friend, the distinguished Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Mr. Conyers. And a dramatic example of how the Congress was elected last November pledging to clean up the culture of corruption is making good on its promise.
Onward to the Senate!