Political Quotes

On the recordNovember 5, 1997
I rise simply to affirm in the strongest terms that the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee has been faithful to his duties. He has kept a committee united, minus one vote, in an otherwise unanimous decision. He has been meticulous in his concern that American workers will have their interests pursued here, the environment will be looked after, but ladening these matters on trade negotiations will only ensure they will fail and not bring the benefits we desire. I want to congratulate him. We cannot do any better than we did yesterday, but let's hope we do as well.
Said by
Patrick Moynihan
Illinois
Source
govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Praising the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee for his leadership and decision-making.

Share

Share on XShare on FacebookEmail this quote

More from Patrick Moynihan

Dec 6, 2016

If the present report is to serve any large purpose, it is to introduce the public to the thought that secrecy is a mode of regulation. In truth, it is the ultimate mode for the citizen does not even know that he or she is being regulated.

congress.gov
Oct 6, 2000

I rise to introduce a Sense of the Senate Resolution that calls on the National Park Service to relocate the Hamilton Grange, which is the home of Alexander Hamilton. As Washington's aide-de-camp during the Revolution, delegate to the…

govinfo.gov
Oct 2, 2000

When I arrived at the Senate near 25 years ago, it was very clear to me that I would look to Robert C. Byrd as my mentor; and he has been. I have sat at the foot of this Gamaliel for a quarter century. As I leave, sir, he is my mentor…

govinfo.gov
Sep 13, 2000

if I might respond, there is an extraordinary symmetry to what we are doing today. Toward the end of the Second World War, when China was our ally, we gathered at Bretton Woods in New Hampshire and drew up the plans for what became the…

govinfo.gov
View all Patrick Moynihan quotes

Other voices in this conversation