Political Quotes

“I want to express my sincere thanks both to Senator Burns and to Senator Coverdell, two members of the Small Business Committee who have been very active participants. They have held hearings in their own States. They have brought us good ideas from their States that we have incorporated in S. 942. I share the sentiments expressed by Senator Burns. We have had great cooperation, as mentioned before, from Senator Bumpers, all of the Democratic members of the Small Business Committee, and their staffs. I think we have a good piece of legislation. Senator Coverdell, at my request, introduced a letter of endorsement from the National Association of Towns and Townships. They, too, are going to be affected and benefited. This is not for small profitmaking corporations only or individuals; this affects small entities like not for profits and small local units of government. My plea is, small business, small entities want some relief. They have given us good ideas. We worked on it in the committee. Let us go forward. I ask the Members on the other side who are objecting, let us go forward and get on with this, because small business deserves to have an answer. So do the other small entities affected. I hope that we will be able to move forward early next week.”