Political Quotes

“yes, I want to mention to Senator Frist, as I did to Senator Daschle in the last few minutes, my appreciation for the way each of them are, as leaders, engaging in a bipartisan way to address the asbestos issue as something we have to get done; we can do better than the status quo and take up the bill under the good work of the Judiciary Committee and the Specter-Becker process. There is a good process in place showing results, and I am delighted both Senator Frist and Senator Daschle are embracing that process and enabling us to work together and resolve the remaining issues. I mentioned when Senator Frist was not here that work has a way of expanding to fill the amount of time we allocate to a project. Senator Frist knows that better than I do. If we say we are going to take the rest of the year to resolve the asbestos bill, it will take the rest of the year. There is value in setting a date certain. Senator Frist may want to consider returning to this bill right before the Memorial Day recess. That gives us 3 weeks to buckle down, get the interested parties in a room together, and Senators who want to participate and their staff, along with Judge Becker, our leaders, and let's get this job done. I thank the Senator for yielding.”