Trent Lott: “I am pleased with the federal government's response. And by the way, while they're hurting and I understand it, this is…”

We are going to start doing things a little differently. We are going to go back and do some of the things that worked.

You've got to do that every now and then. Even though you might get your little flak from some of the people within your conference. It's called leadership.

My recommendation to the Congress and to the president would be, quit campaigning, quit having press conferences. Sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.

I think if they would go back to the old way of getting things done, carefully and systematically, would really help them.