Political Quotes

“I think the staff has now concluded in another way. I do not know whether there is any evidence that the Senator can give the Senate about what the staff has concluded. But in today's Times-Picayune, there is a statement from a reporter who called and talked with staff members of the Judiciary Committee. And it says, ``At issue is Dennis' vote in a 6-to-1 Supreme Court decision in March to deny'' the newspaper's ``request for access to the . . . forms.'' And it says one staff member says that there was nothing new discovered. Another says there are questions raised about whether he should have recused himself. So the paper has discovered that committee staff has a difference of opinion. I was briefed and I can say that my impression was there is a serious question and that is why this motion is being made.”