Trent Lott: “I appreciate that we were able to get these cleared.”

It's called leadership, Anderson.

A lot of it is because Republicans when they start talking don't talk about education. You have to talk about it. You have to go there, where they are.

I again say to Senator Lautenberg, I have enjoyed working with him on transportation issues--from aviation to highways to highway safety and certainly the rail area and most particularly with regard to Amtrak and the national rail…

My recommendation to the Congress and to the president would be, quit campaigning, quit having press conferences. Sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.