Norman D. Dicks said "We are going to have to get together and work out an agreement and come out together and support it in order to get this through. This is what we did with Bob Dole and Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan. So, this can be done, but we have to have everything on the table. Again, I worry about the 2 week Continuing Resolution. I think that's a bit ambitious. Again, I want to point out to my colleagues that it was the Democratic House and Senate and President who passed the bill, the CR that cut $41 billion from Obama's FY 2011 request, $41 billion. So I want to make sure you all don't forget that. I am going to try to continue to remind you of that fact." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMarch 1, 2011

We are going to have to get together and work out an agreement and come out together and support it in order to get this through. This is what we did with Bob Dole and Tip O'Neill and Ronald Reagan. So, this can be done, but we have to have everything on the table. Again, I worry about the 2 week Continuing Resolution. I think that's a bit ambitious. Again, I want to point out to my colleagues that it was the Democratic House and Senate and President who passed the bill, the CR that cut $41 billion from Obama's FY 2011 request, $41 billion. So I want to make sure you all don't forget that. I am going to try to continue to remind you of that fact.

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Editor's note · Context

The speaker discusses the need for bipartisan cooperation on budget agreements and highlights past successes.

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