and to quote our distinguished colleague from the state of maryland senator milulski mikulski who said let's get it done and let's get it done now. i would say mr. president and to my colleague from texas life is too precious, these crimes are too serious for this issue to be caught up in the crosshairs of washington politics. this has got to stop. this has got to end. this is a piece of bipartisan legislation that will help literally hundreds of thousands, millions, i would say, of americans across this country and it is time that we begin to right the wrongs of injustice by turning the tide in law enforcement's favor and helping those who are trying to combat these terrible, heinous crimes to succeed and help the victims of these crimes restore their lives. and so i appreciate the good work of the senator from texas and others who have been involved with this and would just urge my colleagues to end this shenanigans the charade going on on the floor of the united states senate and let's get this bill passed and on the president's desk. mr. cornyn: mr. president can i ask how much tim

and to quote our distinguished colleague from the state of maryland senator milulski mikulski who said let's get it done and let's get it done now. i would say mr. president and to my colleague from texas life is too precious, these crimes are too serious for this issue to be caught up in the crosshairs of washington politics. this has got to stop. this has got to end. this is a piece of bipartisan legislation that will help literally hundreds of thousands, millions, i would say, of americans across this country and it is time that we begin to right the wrongs of