Trent Lott: “I would certainly be prepared to honor that. Again, I hope we could work this out. I am worried on this, like I am on…”

Let me say with regard to the package that was agreed to, the changes, we did work together on that. It was cleared on both sides. I want to thank the leaders for allowing us to move forward on this legislation. It is never easy to go…

I was always a conservative Republican and I had very strong beliefs about certain things we should or should not do. But also thought that I was sent to Washington by the people of my state not to make a statement but to make a difference…

We're going to go forward, trying to do our part, and we need to count on the administration, the airlines, the entire industry, to do their part.

When you're dealing with 100 United States senators, let alone 435 House members, you're not going to get it all the way you want it. The president's going to have to give some, the president is going to have to show leadership.