Political Quotes

“I wish to commend the Senator for his initiative, and I can understand the concern of the Senator from Hawaii about being familiar with the specifics. I acknowledge the fact that this has been publicly presented. I believe it was last September that there was a formal presentation of this package. It has been discussed at considerable length in the press and, of course, a lot of this package is drawn from a proposal of Congressman Kasich and Congressman Penny on the House side, and much of it is drawn also from proposals of Vice President Gore and from the proposals of the President himself in the area especially of the 252,000 reduction in the area of personnel. So the elements of this package were put together by a fairly large group of Senators from both sides of the aisle, and it was publicly discussed with considerable exposure throughout the fall. It has come forward today because the manner of procedure around here requires that it be brought forth today, because this is really the only vehicle, as I understand it--and that is the element of my question to the Senator from Nebraska--we are going to have available to us for a long time if we want to address this type of spending restraint. Is that not correct?”