Political Quotes

“This has been an important debate, and I would like to take this opportunity to commend the leader of the Republicans in the House, and especially one Member on the Judiciary Committee, Lamar Smith. We have had a very civil debate. I think, in the course of the incredible amount of time that we have been allotted for this bill, that we have reached closure on some issues. There are now more things that we agree to on both sides of the aisle than there are things that we may have differences about. {time} 1445 I attribute it to the goodwill and the cooperation of my Republican colleagues on the House Judiciary Committee. I also solicit their vote, but I will respect any way that they may choose to dispose of this matter and our friendship will not be diminished or impaired in any way whatsoever. Now, Lamar Smith mentioned the fact that there were other exemptions, and to be perfectly candid, I did not know that there were more than two exemptions, and it turned out that there are. As a matter of fact, there are 27. But many of them--and I haven't researched this yet. Many of them are partial exemptions. Many of them are very small exemptions that are very limited in terms of the economic scope of our reach in the United States. But they, nevertheless, exist. Mr.…”