Political Quotes

“I think the work done yesterday on the FAA bill was exemplary. The managers of the bill, the chairman and ranking member, Senator McCain and Senator Hollings, showed their maturity. They worked through these amendments. When there was a debate that was necessary, they had one. When votes were necessary, they had votes. There were no unnecessary votes yesterday. They were aided by the two subcommittee chairs, Senator Rockefeller and Senator Lott. I thought yesterday was really a good day for the Senate. The FAA reauthorization was one of the most important bills we could do. There are things in that bill that will help every part of our country. The conferees have already been appointed. They can go to conference as early as next week and come back with a bill very soon. Again, I say that it is more press worthy to focus on things that go wrong and not very press worthy to focus on things that go right, but it is a testament to what the Senate can do with the work we did yesterday on this bill.”