Political Quotes

“I am pleased to be able to tell the gentleman that, this morning or late last night, we sent a response to your offer, and the committees now have that in their possession. I see they are shaking their heads that they may not think that we did it, but we did. We have already sent a response to your offer, with reference to the reforms. As the gentleman knows, we have agreed on a number of items as, frankly, the person that dealt with the person who had your job previously, Roy Blunt and I, with Senator Bond, also from Missouri, as is now-Senator Blunt but then-Minority Whip Blunt, and Jay Rockefeller from West Virginia. We worked on the reauthorization of FISA in 2008, and we received broad bipartisan support. I am hopeful that we can do that. This bill, as the gentleman knows, the authorization for section 215 expires on March 15. The Attorney General, as the gentleman knows, recommended that we pass a clean reauthorization. Obviously, both sides felt that there were some things they wanted to deal with, and we are doing that now. Hopefully, we can get this done. Mr. Speaker, I will assure the gentleman that, once we have agreement, I will bring that bill to the floor.”