Political Quotes

“I am delighted to see that the Senate passed S. 314, the Small Business Year 2000 Readiness Act, today. I introduced this bill with Senators Christopher S. Bond, John F. Kerry, Robert F. Bennett, Christopher J. Dodd, and Olympia Snowe on January 27, 1999. S. 314 establishes a loan guarantee program to help small businesses prepare for the year 2000. Because our economy is interdependent, we must make sure that our small businesses are still up and running and providing services on January 1, 2000. This bill will help ensure that that is the case. I began warning about the Y2K problem 3 years ago. Since that time, people have begun to listen and progress has been made on the Y2K front. The federal government and large corporations are expected to have their computers functioning on January 1, 2000. Good news indeed. But small businesses continue to lag behind in fixing the millennium problem. I am confident that the Readiness Act will help small businesses remediate their computer systems and I urge the House to consider it forthwith. There is no time to waste.”