Trent Lott: “I would be amazed if the President of the United States would veto this bill after it has gone through the House and the…”

“I would be amazed if the President of the United States would veto this bill after it has gone through the House and the Senate, supported by Senators from the diverse States I named, all the way from Minnesota, Idaho, Vermont, New Hampshire, my own State, and perhaps others. But, if the Congress gets to the point where, just because of the mere threat from the President of a veto, we do not act, we might as well go ahead and leave now for the year because he is talking about vetoing every bill that is moving. I do not think we can use that as a basis of not acting on important legislation.”