Political Quotes

“Let me say about this bill, no matter the merit of it, I know people feel very strongly about it. The Senator from Tennessee, who was here in the Chamber a few minutes ago, the Senator from Ohio, Mr. Voinovich, the Senator from Virginia, Mr. Allen, the distinguished Senator from Oregon, Mr. Wyden--they have strong feelings about this. Their views do not coincide. I know how strong their feelings are. But this legislation, with all due respect to the distinguished chairman of the Commerce Committee, isn't going to go anywhere today or Monday or Tuesday. I think there should be some effort made to resolve the issue. I am a member of the Commerce Committee. I don't understand all the issues, but I understand the issues on this floor and nothing is going to happen. I would say to the majority that if they are looking for votes today, they would be better off looking for votes to pass the most important piece of legislation that I see that we could vote on quickly, and that would be the vote on the conference report dealing with Military Construction.”