Political Quotes

“I resist a sunset provision. To me this is going back to the fundamentals of what the Founding Fathers intended; that is, that we have this sort of partnership in the federalism program between the States, localities, and the Federal Government. If there is a problem with Senate bill 1, once it is implemented and it is clearly identified that there is a problem, I would not contend to wait 3 years. There is nothing to preclude us from going in and, if there is need for modification, make any modification as necessary. But I am reluctant to say that after we have worked so hard... I would just say that this bill in getting to this point has taken 600 days in the making because much of the core of Senate bill 1 comes from Senate bill 993 of the last session. So again, I resist the idea that we are just going to get it implemented and in 3 years it will sunset. If there are problems with it, I would like to see us modify them.”