Trent Lott: “I am pleased with the federal government's response. And by the way, while they're hurting and I understand it, this is…”

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.

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 think if they would go back to the old way of getting things done, carefully and systematically, would really help them.

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.