Trent Lott: “I object on behalf of the chairman. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The objection is heard. What is the will of the Senate? The…”

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.

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.

let me say again to the Senator from South Carolina who just left the Chamber, I appreciate the way he has approached this. He did not come in and condemn it; he looked at it. He had some ideas, and several of them have been accepted. I…

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.