The senate prides itself on being a deliberative body where debate is vital to decision making.

参议院以自己是一个审议机构而自豪，在那里辩论对决策至关重要。

Roberts was noting that the two sides were arguing over small, unimportant issues as they addressed " the world's greatest deliberative body" .

罗伯茨指出，双方在" 全球最伟大的审议机构" 讲话时，争论的都是些无关紧要的小问题。

Because of all their talk, the Senate has been called the world's " greatest deliberative body" .

由于他们的所有谈话，参议院被称为世界上“最伟大的审议机构”。

And that discouraged him because, you know, he had so much faith in the Senate as the great deliberative body with, you know, serious people working on serious issues.

这让他感到沮丧，因为，你知道，他对参议院这个伟大的审议机构充满信心，你知道，参议院有认真的人致力于解决严肃的问题。