Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this bill is an important bill to the State of California. I want to put it in a certain perspective. I very much want to vote for a Y2K bill, and that is why I supported the Kerry alternative which I believe is a fair and balanced bill because, after all, what we are trying to do is get the problem fixed. A lot of times I listen to this debate and it gets very lawyerly, and that is fine. I am not an attorney. What I want to do is get the problem fixed. What I want to do is be a voice for the consumer, the person who wakes up in the morning and suddenly cannot operate his or her computer; the small businessperson who relies on this system, and, frankly, a big businessperson as well. I want to make sure what we do here does not exacerbate the problem. I want to make sure what we do here gets the problem fixed. That is what all the Senators are saying is their desire: to get the problem fixed. The reason I support the Kerry bill and think it is preferable to the underlying bill is that I believe it is more balanced.”