Political Quotes

“The answer is I would absolutely like to do that. The statement I was going to introduce has a paragraph about that. I express my deep appreciation to Senator Lugar, with whom I have talked every day for the past few months as we have tried to move the ball forward in this treaty. He was very committed. He is truly the Senate's leading expert on the treaty and, I think, one of the leading experts in this country on foreign policy. We would not have gotten this far without his efforts. Perhaps the reason he is as good as he is that he has a father and son team working for him, Kenneth and Kenny Myers. I envy Ken Myers, Senator Lugar's long-time staff aide, because he gets to work with his son, Kenny Myers, every day. The only thing I found, Mr. Chairman, in my meetings with them is that, like with my sons, I occasionally observe that the son knew more than the father. So my compliments to both of them. The bottom line of all this--and I assume this was one of the intentions of the Senator from North Carolina, the chairman--is that regardless of the final outcome of each of these remaining amendments and the treaty, this has been done fairly and honorably. Everyone has kept their word. We said we would negotiate in good faith; we both did. All of the staff members involved acted in the same way. Lastly--and I hope this doesn't come out the wrong way--I want to thank the chairman of the full committee for the honorable way in which he has dealt with this entire matter.”