Political Quotes

“Mr. Goodling and I work closely together and we have had a nice bipartisan spirit out here on two bills. It is regrettable that the gentleman from California [Mr. Riggs] had to inject a bit of partisanship in this, attacking, among other things, the AFL-CIO. This bill is too important to inject those matters into this. I regret that Mr. Riggs, the gentleman from California, did this. I want to remind him that he himself voted last year on the reconciliation bill that left the House for a $10 billion cut in student loans, including the in-school interest subsidy. So let us try to get this bill passed. I urge passage of this bill.”