Political Quotes

“Well, it has been going on about two Congresses, I would say. The Senate passed it before, unanimously, 97 to zero. We passed the conference report. The House failed to pass the conference report in the last session of the last Congress. We are moving ahead this time, and hopefully the House can move on it. Of course, tactics are part of the game in the parliamentary proceedings, and somebody holds something hostage. But I think we ought to try to determine these things on the merits of each and every individual amendment. I appreciate the kind remarks of the distinguished chairman of the Judiciary Committee. He has been very tolerant of all of our activities on various and sundry bills. He has to face, many times, filibusters in his own committee--the only committee that I belong to where usually you will have a filibuster in a committee--but he always comes through. Somehow or another, we will come through. We will persevere in the long run. But it takes time, and it is a little frustrating.”