Political Quotes

“I take a brief minute to express my appreciation, as I have done in this Chamber before, to the chairman of the Finance Committee and the ranking member of the Finance Committee, Senators Grassley and Baucus, for their outstanding work on this legislation. For anyone to come to the floor and accuse the senior Senator from Iowa and the senior Senator from Montana of being budget busters simply does not meet the facts of their careers. These two fine Senators are known for pinching pennies. They are known as people who are concerned about taxpayers' dollars, as indicated by the many disputes that have arisen and the fact that we have criticized them a lot of times for not coming up with enough money for different things. For them to come forward on this bill means so much. It exemplifies their public service and also exemplifies the importance of this legislation.”