Political Quotes

“There have been comments the last several days about what has happened in the last year. I want the Record to be spread with the fact--I want this confirmed by the leader--one of the assignments you gave me as assistant leader was that when difficult matters arose on the floor, one of my assignments directly from our leader--Tom Daschle to Harry Reid--was to do what you can, Harry Reid, to help move legislation. If it benefited the Republicans, I still had that responsibility. And there are many statements in the Record by Senator Lott of how he appreciated the work we did--my name was mentioned on occasion--to move legislation. I did that because you believed it was the right thing to do to move legislation. That is why we were able to move eight appropriations bills last year--does the Senator remember that--before the August recess?”