Trent Lott: “Among other things he will be doing in Houston today is attending a fundraiser tonight, where it is estimated they will…”

“Among other things he will be doing in Houston today is attending a fundraiser tonight, where it is estimated they will raise $600,000, some of which if not much of which is exactly the kind of money that he has said, ``Oh, we ought to stop.'' What is he saying here, ``Oh, please stop me before I do it again?'' So, I think we need to start off making it clear what is going on here. A lot of what is going on is an effort to change the subject. ``Oh, gee whiz, the Governmental Affairs Committee has come up with some things that are a real problem. Gee, why won't the Attorney General appoint independent counsel? We have to have another subject on the griddle here.'' But that's OK. That's fine. Finally we will, maybe, shed a little light on what is going on here. It seems that much of what will need to be done with regard to violation of the laws--before you start changing laws to try to see if you can fix problems, wouldn't it help if the laws already on the books were obeyed and enforced?”