Political Quotes

“And I am proud that I was able to take that time to do it, because by my presence I wanted to show the support I feel for what he is trying to do. I am a person who represents the Silicon Valley, the high-tech people. I want to solve the Y2K problem. I know my friend is a leader on technology in his State. We want to do the right thing. I have praise for his colleague, Senator Kerry, who I think is doing a terrific job, working to come up with a solution some of us would prefer and, by the way, the administration prefers. I want to pick up on this notion of time sensitive, because it is time sensitive that we do this. It doesn't have to be done today or next week, but it is time sensitive. Certainly, we have to do it in time to resolve the problem. But there are a lot of things that are time sensitive. Isn't it time sensitive when a family can't pay the bill? Isn't it time sensitive when, as the Senator says, a woman can't afford to take a Greyhound bus to see her children? Isn't it time sensitive that under current law a 12-year-old can walk into a gun show and buy, essentially, a semiautomatic assault weapon? There are a lot of things that are time sensitive. In many ways, it is as if the majority leader has the corner on what is time sensitive. As my friend says, it depends on who you talk to. Frankly, the people I am talking to must be similar to the people you are talking to. These are bread-and-butter issues. It is safety in schools.…”