Political Quotes

“if it is against the pay grade of one of the most senior respected Members in the Senate, the ranking member on the committee of jurisdiction, clearly it is way above my pay grade. I get paid to do a job here, and the job is to represent the people of California. Make life better for them, make life easier for them, give them a chance at the American dream, keep their environment beautiful and clean, give them opportunity, fairness. What I am trying to do is take that set of values and apply it to this bill. I do not want them waking up on the morning of January 1, 2000, and finding that their small business just crashed before them and they have no remedy when, in fact, a remedy exists and the manufacturer simply has to make a simple fix. Again, my breath is taken away when I read the law in Arizona--I might say a Republican State--which says that before any manufacturer could take advantage of the easier rules of the law to defend himself or herself against a claim, they have to do certain things affirmatively, including offering to fix at no cost.”