Political Quotes

“I rise to speak strongly against this amendment by the Senator from New Hampshire, and really back the comments made by the chairman, the Senator from Montana, and the ranking member, the Senator from Rhode Island, Senator Chafee. I have to say that I have been around the House of Representatives and the Senate now for 12 years, and I have never seen a committee chairman and a ranking member work so well together, bend over backwards to accommodate Senators' concerns. As a matter of fact, in many cases I kept saying you are bending over a little too much. But the fact is that when the two of them stand up here and put their credibility on the line and say that this is essentially a gutting amendment, I hope that my colleagues listening to this debate from their offices will take that to heart. There should be an overwhelming vote against this particular amendment.”