Political Quotes

“I was not privileged to the agreement among the distinguished Senator from Texas and New Jersey and our leader. So I am somewhat in a difficult spot here this morning. I will have to wait until the leader has arrived. He is not here at the moment, and we all understand why he is not, and also the Senator from New Jersey. Two things happened. I remember the distinguished Senator from Texas making a statement on the floor about how much stronger her bill was after the Lautenberg amendment was attached, and you made a very strong statement about the bill as it left here. The bill was only passed last week. We have been trying to get bills passed for 8, 9, and 10 months. So it was just passed last week. The problem in the House, as I understand, was they tried to strip the Lautenberg amendment from the stalking bill, and that is where it ran into trouble. The day is not over and tomorrow is not over, as the majority leader has said. Maybe things can work out. I am willing to help in any way I can, but I am somewhat at a disadvantage, if I may use that as a tool here. I will work with the majority leader, as Senator Daschle has. So I think what I am saying is correct here, that attempting to take the Lautenberg amendment off the stalking bill last night caused the problems, and that was the reason it was not brought up. Today is another day.”