That is the price you pay for that wonderful assignment. It is a great committee to be on. You get all that good stuff. We did the credit union bill this year. A lot of credit goes to everybody for that.
Trent Lott: “That is the price you pay for that wonderful assignment. It is a great committee to be on. You get all that good stuff.…”
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Discussing the benefits and achievements of serving on a committee.
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We are going to start doing things a little differently. We are going to go back and do some of the things that worked.
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.
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.
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.