Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I listened very carefully to the statement made by my friend and ranking member, Senator Enzi. Many of the points raised by the Senator have been gone over before by the committee. These were things we looked into. So I think I would like to respond a little bit, almost point by point, to some of those concerns that were raised in the statement made by Senator Enzi. But before I do that, I, again, wish to make one thing very clear. We are talking about something--this Wage Watch. Is that what it is called? Wage Watch. We are talking about something that is perfectly legal. Almost, listening to my friend's comments on it, you would think there was some subterfuge going on. This was perfectly open and above board and everything. No one is alleging anything was ever done illegally. No person--none of the Wage Watch people--did anything illegal. In fact, all the things they were engaged in--and I say ``were''; I use the past tense because it was a pilot program and it has now ended and they are now assessing it--but all the things they were engaged in, they can engage in today. Anyone can. I can. You can. Staff can. Anybody can do this. It is not illegal. It is perfectly legal. So let's keep in mind what we are talking about is a perfectly legal, open, transparent pilot project that was started by the New York Department of Labor. Again, as I indicated earlier with my charts, why were they doing this?…”