Trent Lott: “Well, if I can respond, I have a solution. Let's cut that. Maybe we are not entitled to that.”

We are going to start doing things a little differently. We are going to go back and do some of the things that worked.

It's called leadership, Anderson.

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…

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.