Political Quotes

“I can say now that this doggone bill is over, I feel that the stars are out, the Moon is shining, and that maybe we can leave here and be a little bit more jolly than we have been around here in the last couple of weeks. We are all happy we are passing this bill. The President sold a lot of newspapers. TV and radio had lots to talk about. And, in fact, the flood victims were never adversely affected by what went on over these last several weeks. We had real issues, as the gentleman from Minnesota pointed out. We had differences. And as the old saying goes, it was a sloppy process, it was an ugly process. Nobody should ever see how laws and sausage are made. It was unfortunate that it had to be as sloppy and as ugly as it was, but now it is over. We had a staffer on the Committee on Appropriations, who retired last year, Fred Mohrman. He used to always say, once it is over, it is a perfect day, it is a perfect bill. Mr. President, we give you a perfect bill. It is over.”