Political Quotes

“the energy committee, Senators Domenici and Bingaman, are to be congratulated. I say that because usually the committee waits until the very last minute, and then we have a load of bills that can't be lifted. There are scores of them. This was a large number of bills, and they did them now. Being from a public lands State where 87 percent of the land is owned by the Federal Government, the committee did the right thing. When we get ready to recess, there will be another big batch we will have to take a look at. But it will lessen the burden that we have in the waning hours of getting out of here trying to work through all of these bills. I didn't add them up, but there are probably over 40 bills we needed to dispose of to send them to the House tonight. The number is 44, I am told. This is good work. The committee should be congratulated, and that is what I am doing now.”