Political Quotes

“I will be happy to work with Senator Lieberman. He is a person who has a reputation for being fair. He would be the chair of this conference, as far as I know. I say to my friend, I will be happy to take a look at this issue--no guarantees. It sounds reasonable what the Senator is asking. I ask of the Senator, let us go to conference. If something comes back out of conference--I will personally look into this. I will talk with Senator Lieberman about this issue. I don't know the bill that well because it has been through a committee of which I have no knowledge. But give us a chance. I don't know who the distinguished Republican leader will put on the conference. This is going to be a real conference, an open conference, where people will be able to, in a public meeting, say: I want to offer this amendment, and then the conference can either accept it or reject it. I think the Senator from Oklahoma should give us a chance. This is an important issue. There are provisions that should be implemented--should have been implemented a long time ago. I recognize that the Senator has a daughter in New York. I have listened to my colleague, the senior Senator from New York, on more than one occasion about what the people of New York went through, we all went through. America through long-lens glasses watched what happened on 9/11.”