Political Quotes

“If I could just take a minute to answer the Senator's question, this negotiating has been a little bizarre, for lack of a better description. I personally negotiated with a number of Senators on the other side. Finally, the majority leader said: You keep coming to me with different people negotiating for judges. Who is speaking for the minority as to the number of judges? I think that was a pretty good question Senator Daschle came up with. Then I was told I could negotiate with my counterpart, the minority whip, Senator Nickles. So we met on a couple occasions, and I thought we had a good understanding of what they wanted and what we could do. But that all fell apart because other people now are speaking for the other side. So the direction I had to work with Senator Nickles is no longer the case. I do not know what they want. That is why I think there may be some other agenda. I think it may be more than just judges, although maybe they are holding up all this important legislation for judges.”