Political Quotes

“I hope it is obvious to Senators by now that we are at a point where there have been a lot of meetings. These meetings have been at the highest levels in the administration, involving Cabinet level officials who are trying to resolve some of these concerns and issues. But we have not really gotten anywhere. The reason the February 27 letter was written was to create a policy statement from all of these discussions. It was obviously written in an effort to assuage concerns and tell everyone that everything was going to be all right. It emphasized that nobody was going to get in trouble; there would be a lot of flexibility; there would be a grace period while everybody learned what the words meant in all of these regulations; and, there would only be occasional enforcements, with nobody new being targeted or exempt. So, rather than contribute to a feeling of comfort, it increased concerns.”