Political Quotes

“I was one of the conferees last year in that conference, and the language which was added here was not adopted by the conference. I do not know of any Republican in the conference or Democrat that supported the language being in the final conference report because it would have had the anomalous effect of discriminating against incumbents against challengers and is more properly part of campaign finance reform. However, that was not just Democrats in the conference that did not hold out for that language. There were no Republicans as well. And I was wondering whether or not my friend from Alaska was aware of that. And second, this amendment that is pending is amendable. If the Senator from Alaska feels there is some inconsistency here, he is free to offer an amendment to the pending amendment to strike the reimbursement for political travel the way it is stricken for recreational travel.”