Bob Dole: “I just hope this is something on which the leadership, including the Senator from Kentucky, obviously the Senator from…”

“I just hope this is something on which the leadership, including the Senator from Kentucky, obviously the Senator from Mississippi, Senator Lott, myself, and Senator Daschle, will have some input. It seems to me we have to take some responsibility for changes in the lobbying procedures and also gift rules. I am prepared to do that. I know the Senator from Kentucky and I assume the Senators from South Dakota and Mississippi are, too, working with other Senators, because different people have different ideas on what reform is and what rule changes ought to be made. As far as I am concerned, they can go as far as they want. It does not make any difference to this Senator. But I think we can work out a reasonable approach to get it done and get it behind us either before or during the August recess, let us put it that way, because we are not certain when the August recess will begin.”