Trent Lott: “But it has been the common practice for committees to be able to meet. All I am saying to you is, work with us and we…”

“But it has been the common practice for committees to be able to meet. All I am saying to you is, work with us and we can bring this to conclusion. But I am also saying that if you start interrupting the business of the Senate or committees, it will not be without action in return. We need to work together. We need to do these things privately and communication in the type of way we have done over the last 2 months. But if you start playing games with committees meeting on important issues like Superfund and, let me tell you, fast track, it will have an effect. Every action produces a reaction. So let's not start down that trail. Let's continue to work together as we have, and we can complete our work on appropriations and on Superfund and on fast track and on ISTEA, and then return to our constituency.”