Trent Lott: “I think there should be language in the appropriations bill that would be--frankly, I hoped it would say there should…”

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.

Would you at the very least sit down with him and listen to him?

It's called leadership, Anderson.

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.