Trent Lott: “once again I thank and congratulate all those who worked on this very important legislation. I especially thank the…”

“once again I thank and congratulate all those who worked on this very important legislation. I especially thank the distinguished Senator from Alaska for the work that he did from the Commerce Committee at the subcommittee level. There was a lot of pressure to move earlier. If we had, there would have been all kinds of problems. By persistence and negotiations, I think we came up with really good legislation. I thank the Senator from Alaska, the Senator from Washington, Senator Gorton, the Senator from Massachusetts, Senator Kerry, and everybody who worked on it. This is very, very important legislation. Now we want to move forward getting through the process so we have it done before we go out.”