Trent Lott: “I hope the railroad industry rethinks its position on one-call notification legislation. I urge them to join us on the…”

When you're dealing with 100 United States senators, let alone 435 House members, you're not going to get it all the way you want it. The president's going to have to give some, the president is going to have to show leadership.

I was accused of being a compromiser or a deal-maker. I didn't know those were dirty words.

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.

Would you at the very least sit down with him and listen to him?