Political Quotes

“I came to this House to work to achieve legislation, and I believe we can only do that by working together. It is something I believe very strongly in. And I know there are those who do not agree with me, who do not want to achieve, but to bicker; and I do not think this is what this House is all about. So I again congratulate the other side, the minority, at this time for their willingness to work with me and I to work with them to achieve a goal. And I think we have partially reached it in this legislation. Because of certain media reports about the 375, I have to remind those that might be listening to this or are watching that the 375 that I chose 2 rac{1}{2} years ago with the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Oberstar) was not an artificial number. It was not a 'wanna' number. This is a number that came from this administration just to maintain and improve a little bit.”