Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, I agree that this bill is substantially improved from the one that originally came before us, although the notion of passing a bill which has had added to it at a very unusual point in the process, namely, in the conference, language that is explicitly and admittedly unconstitutional because of its restriction on using the word ``abortion'' is an interesting way to legislate, and that is one reason that I do not like the bill. But another, as I said before, is the extent to which it is so unfair to the Republican leadership. It seemed to me that Speaker Gingrich and his arguments against censorship was entitled to more consideration that he got from his side of the aisle. I thought the Speaker was right when he opposed censorship and I am sorry to see that he has given in. But I am even more distressed at the end of my brief alliance with the Senate majority leader. The Senate majority leader had been strongly, in the last few days and few weeks, objecting to giving away access to the TV spectrum, an asset that now belongs to the public and is worth many billions of dollars--we are not sure how much--and he said, ``Don't give it away. Let's auction it off.'' I thought he was right and I was hoping we would get somewhere. Because this bill essentially gives it away.”