Trent Lott: “What is happening now is what I feared would happen to this bill. It is starting to get very partisan. A lot of things…”

You've got to do that every now and then. Even though you might get your little flak from some of the people within your conference. It's called leadership.

I again say to Senator Lautenberg, I have enjoyed working with him on transportation issues--from aviation to highways to highway safety and certainly the rail area and most particularly with regard to Amtrak and the national rail…

Quit campaigning, quit having press conferences, sit down at a round table and negotiate a deal.

A lot of it is because Republicans when they start talking don't talk about education. You have to talk about it. You have to go there, where they are.