We are going to wind up with a nation exploding with ignorance because of our misplaced priorities. I will tell you what is despairing, what is so depressing. It is that you study these issues, you attend committee meetings, you listen to the chiefs of the military services. They tell you what is doable, what is not doable, what they want, what they do not want. We mark up the bill and we bring it to the floor.
People walk through that door over there.
Many do not have a clue to what the amendment is about. These are complicated subjects. I admit that. But you cannot get anybody's attention on these issues. If all 100 Senators were sitting on the floor, I might be able to convince them.