Political Quotes

“one of the things that is deficient, in my view, about the legislation before us--and I will shortly send an amendment to the desk about it that I think we have worked out--and that is, in fairness to my friend from Texas, the chairman of the committee, in his, if I have this correct, 602(b) allocation, initially he got less money in that allocation. I am not being critical of the chairman. He got less money in that allocation than was needed to fund some of the things I think he believes should have been funded, and I strongly believe, along with Senator Hatch and a number of my Republican as well as Democratic colleagues, should be funded. In this case the present appropriations bill before us funds the Violence Against Women Act law at $75 million less than is needed. It is funded at $100 million. I am going to shortly send an amendment to the desk to increase that funding. I ask to be corrected if I am mistaken here, but I will, on behalf of Senator Gramm and myself, send to the desk, along with Senators Hatch and Wellstone and others, an amendment that would restore the $75 million in this account.”