Political Quotes

“let me first congratulate the distinguished Senator from Missouri [Mr. Danforth] for approaching this sense-of-the-Senate resolution from an overall situation of asking when are we going to stop beating ourselves to death pertaining to certain items which might be termed a fringe benefit. I think the distinguished senior Senator from Missouri said something that needed to be said, and I congratulate him, and I congratulate Senator Reid and Senator Moseley-Braun for their statements. I did not intend to speak on this, but I have heard their speeches and I think I at least ought to make some comment. Basically, what we are talking about is time. Since the Senate has grown over the years, and the world that we live in presents more and more complex issues, the question has arisen: How do you save time in order that you might devote priority time to the most serious issues? I just look here and I see three staff people for the majority leader. Why are they here? They are here to save the time of the majority leader while he conducts other business. Why do I have staff members on my Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice in the Judiciary Committee? Why do I have a counsel who has spent, I would say, 80 percent of his time this year on this one bankruptcy bill? The object is to save me time in order that I might look after my duties in agriculture, in national defense, and in all of the various issues that confront a Senator in representing his State.”