Political Quotes

“I want to stand here today to congratulate the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Goodlatte) on the committee; the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Davis), who has put this bill before us and brought it to our attention; and all of those in this House and in the other body who have helped make this a day that a conference report can be brought to the floor for support. It represents a marked improvement over the House-passed version of the bill of which I was not able to support in the House form. The bill was improved first in the Senate at the insistence of many Democrats and again in conference at the insistence of the administration. As has been suggested, a lot of work went into this, including members of the staff, and I think we now have a bill, though far from perfect and despite some last-minute drafting glitches, I believe it will achieve the purpose of allowing high-tech companies to focus on the fixing of the Y2K problem without trampling on consumer rights. I am glad the administration met with the conferees over the past weekend to achieve this compromise.”