Senator: Biden
BIDEN: Mr. Chairman, could you yield to me for 30 seconds for a parliamentary point?
SPECTER: Senator Biden?
BIDEN: I am required to leave at 11:30 to catch a plane to Israel to monitor the Palestinian elections. If I don't leave at 11:30, I will not be able to do that.
SPECTER: Well, we have two minutes, then, to finish the rest of the speeches.
BIDEN: I will leave my proxy with my senior senator here, my boss, Senator Leahy. And I just wanted to explain my absence.
SPECTER: Well, thank you, Senator Biden. We understand.
BIDEN: Thank you.
SPECTER: And happy landings.