Political Quotes

“Mr. Chairman, Lee Hamilton, the distinguished vice chairman, a former Member of this body, the vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission, stated what should be obvious to all of us: that as the Senate and the House conduct the normal legislative process, he fully expected each body would refine and put their imprint on the commission's recommendations. He said at a September 28 press conference and on other occasions that the commission's recommendations are not set in stone. In that sense I applaud the Senate for putting its imprint on the commission's recommendations while crafting its bill. I am proud of H.R. 10 and the work that our committees have done on this bill. H.R. 10 is the House's imprint, its product in responding to the commission's recommendations. Let us be clear about what the substitute is and is not. It is the hastily drafted combination of the text of at least two bills introduced in the other body. It is a version that has never been reviewed by any committee in the other body or been voted on in the other body.”