Trent Lott: “I was under the impression last week that there was one remaining issue where there was disagreement, and there was a…”

I wish to acknowledge the Senator's kind remarks. It was a pleasure working with him on this legislation. It has been a long time coming. I appreciate the active involvement he has had, along with other Senators on both sides of the aisle…

There are no problems.

First of all, there's going to be an election and the numbers will be different come this fall. And you're going to need leadership from the President and from the leaders in the Congress.

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