On the recordFebruary 24, 1999
I certainly agree. I hope that we will find that Republicans, Democrats, independents join together and rather than this being sort of the political football that it has been in the past, we find a way to get beyond that. One other thing that came up that I think is important that we should all remind ourselves, that we were elected to make decisions. We were elected to be a part of the process of solving problems. We were not elected to figure out how we could get reelected. What we need to make sure that we do is that we discharge this trust responsibility that we have to the American people to deal with a difficult, some would say an intractable problem. We are not going to come up with some sort of magic bullet here that solves this with no pain. I know there is going to be some unpopularity with whatever kind of proposal ultimately emerges.
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