Political Quotes

“again, it is a privilege to be here debating this important measure here today. Before I get into the substance of my remarks, I want to give some thanks to some of the people who have really been there when it counts, particularly to the gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon], chairman of the Committee on Rules, and the gentleman from Florida [Mr. Goss] who is handling this measure for the Committee on Rules here today. They were there time and time again in the late night meetings and the negotiations that were necessary to help us move this legislation through the difficult political channels it had to be moved in order to get to the floor today. It is not easy to change a system that has been put into place over years and years, and just take it and change it overnight. I appreciate their support, and that of the gentleman from Oklahoma [Mr. Brewster] and the gentlewoman from California [Ms. Harman] who have been there in our bipartisan efforts for nearly 2 years now, working together to make this matter work.”