Do we have the courage, tenacity and the ability to get anything done anymore? If we can't do this, we ought to vote to dissolve the Congress and go home and wait for the next election.
Trent Lott: “Do we have the courage, tenacity and the ability to get anything done anymore? If we can't do this, we ought to vote to…”
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Senator Trent Lott expresses frustration over Congress's inability to pass the immigration bill.
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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.
I think if they would go back to the old way of getting things done, carefully and systematically, would really help them.
First of all, there's going to be an election and the numbers will be different come this fall. And you're going to need leadership from the President and from the leaders in the Congress.
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…