Trent Lott: “I will say at the beginning that I agree with Senator Daschle that this is something we should address and I believe we…”

“I will say at the beginning that I agree with Senator Daschle that this is something we should address and I believe we will address because there are some legitimate concerns and problems in this area that need to be dealt with. I am very hopeful we can do that next year. I want to thank Senator Nickles and our task force that worked on this issue. I want to thank Dr. Bill Frist, a Member of the Senate, who worked on this issue. I think it is great that we actually have a doctor involved that understands what happens in this area. I have told people, you can take your choice here of which bill is really the best bill--the one proposed by the Democratic side, led by Senator Kennedy, or the one proposed over on the Republican side led by Dr. Bill Frist. I think the choice is pretty clear. But thank you for your work. I do believe that we are going to address this next year. I believe we will do it in, hopefully, a responsible way and, eventually, it can be a bipartisan bill.”