Political Quotes

“Mr. President, let me extend the same courtesy to my chairman. She is my dear friend. We work very closely together on virtually every issue. It is extremely unusual for us to disagree on any major issue. She and her staff have been great to work with, as always. They have been very open. We have had an ongoing dialog. We just simply disagree about the way this issue needs to be dealt with. Let me say that an indication of how complex this issue is and why this issue is so important and why we don't need to have our constituents expend money when they don't need to expend money that is going to be passed on to consumers of every single product virtually made in America is this: There are a lot of people who have gotten up on the other side and spoken about this amendment. I know they don't intend to get up here and make statements that are not correct. But frankly, that is what we have heard. All I can attribute that to is the fact that this is such a complex issue, that the folks who have been speaking about my amendment simply don't understand it. Let me give some examples. We talk about large companies falling prey to derivatives. Large companies use derivatives in a very meaningful way that is advantageous to every single American customer. Everybody who buys something--I don't care whether it is an automobile, a widget, a drug--and every major manufacturer uses derivatives. They are very sophisticated individuals who deal in these products.…”